Formation

A Polarized Church both Then and Now

Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.

A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd

In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.”  I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.

Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”

In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.

Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Virtue, our catechism teaches, is a “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” [CCC: 1833] The good deeds themselves are not the virtue; they are, or should be, the fruits of our virtue. From our virtue of charity comes...
On behalf of… thank you!

On behalf of… thank you!

  On behalf of... thank you! David W. Barringer, CEO of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, writes in his weekly column to members of the Society... and by extension to all who walk in the footsteps of  Vincent, Louise, Frederick,  Elizabeth, etc. On behalf of...

Remembrance of Jesus

Remembrance of Jesus

First Sunday of Advent (C), November 29, 2015 – Jer 33, 14-16; 1 Thes 3, 12 – 4, 2; Lk 21, 25-28. 34-36 Holy before our God and Father (1 Thes 3, 13) Our Savior is nearer to us than when we were baptized. He expects to find us watching with unbreakable faith. With...

All Good Gifts

All Good Gifts

“All Good Gifts” Father Pat Griffin continues his series. Those who know me well will tell you that I am a whistler.  I seem to do it all the time and most often unwittingly.  Sometimes, someone asks me the name of the tune that I whistle, and I need to stop to play...

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