Formation
Contemplation: Happy Travelers – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Our Vincentian formation, we are taught, is a lifelong process of...
Catch the Good News of Jesus Christ
The one who has risen is the same Jesus of Nazareth that the disciples have known, loved and followed on the roads of...
Vincentian Places 02 – Pouy
Pouy (now known as St Vincent de Paul), was the village near Ranquine where Vincent de Paul was baptized.
Life Without Limit: Blessed Frederic Ozanam and Mother Seton
Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frederic Ozanam grounded their lives in the true freedom of Christ, who took what appeared on the outside to be lives of tragic brevity, and brought forth from them great works of charity that continue to flourish today.
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam the polyglot
Frederic did not need modern audiovisual media (now apparently essential) to learn languages. He, at age 17, already knew Latin, Greek, began studying Sanskrit and Hebrew — to be able to translate from the original sources —, and studied German and Italian. By the...
We work… for the Love of God • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"God’s commandment to love Him with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, etc., doesn’t mean that He wants the heart and soul always to have a tangible experience of this love. That’s a grace His Goodness imparts to whomsoever He pleases. But...
Reflecting on the Eucharist in a Vincentian Context
Based on a portion of the article “Love is Creative Even to Infinity: On the Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition,” by Fr. Robert Maloney, CM, that appeared in the publication Vincentiana.
Does Everybody Want to Change Your Thinking?
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking. That has probably always been true. But it certainly feels truer now in our polarized lives.
Daughters of Charity Raise their Voices for Critical Nutrition Programs
While many in the U.S. think of August as the last breath of summer, a time to squeeze in a last bit of relaxation before the rush of the fall begins, the Daughters of Charity were doing anything but relaxing this past August.
A Polycrisis Within a Polycrisis
There has been remarkable activity at the UN this fall.
A Vincentian View: In the Beginning
It requires little effort to multiply the reminders that this is God’s world and given to us as a gift and a responsibility.
Is it Time for the “Brocolli” Approach?
Many generations of mothers have cajoled their children with “Try it. You’ll like it!” (It seems they all went to the same “Mommy” school.)