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Formation
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 17
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 16
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
Jesus, God-with-us, is the first of the brothers and sisters who rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. There is a report that fewer folks in the U.S. believe in God and, one can guess, in God-with-us. For the number of believers in the U.S. is...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 15
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Mortification: a Forgotten Virtue?
Introduction “Convince yourself that you will not enter into savour and sweetness of spirit unless you give yourself to the mortification of everything you desire,” said the mystic St John of the Cross. The savour and sweetness of spirit, therefore, will never be...
Trials of Life
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...
Seton Shrine Offering Retreats To Those Who Need Them Most
Watch a video to hear one of the retreatants tell his story.
Four + One (Gospels) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"As for myself, I don’t know, but God has given me such a high esteem of simplicity that I call it my Gospel. I have special devotion and consolation in saying things as they are." (CCD, IX, conference 52). "Everyone loves simple, candid people, who don’t use...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam— some curious points of coincidence [...]. Although both were born far from Paris (Ozanam in Italy), they were inhabitants of that city most of...
Video on St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (Feast Day: July 30)
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The Pope Video • For World Youth Day
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:
