A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
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by Sister Susan Smolinsky, SC | March 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax served in the northern missions of Canada in cities, towns and villages.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.
by Tim Williams | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even...
by .famvin | Sep 9, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For People Living on the Margins.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 9, 2023 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This film was written and Directed by Bruce Dynan, and produced for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) State Council, Australia. It was posted online by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA. ...
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 9, 2023 | Formation
In this video, DePaul University’s Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée and Craig Mousin, together with Tamara Thrasher of the Ozanam Center in Cincinnati, OH, share their insights on the legacy of Frederic Ozanam.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 8, 2023 | Formation
Frederic Ozanam’s practical theology foreshadowed seismic shifts in Catholic social theory 100 years into the future.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 8, 2023 | Formation
In an article that originally appeared on the website Justice Matters Ireland, Sr. Claire Sweeney, DC, writes: According to Ozanam, social justice demands that all Christians be a leaven in society. Writing to Lallier in November 1836, he says: “…if the question which...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Noted columnist David Brooks caught my attention! In a September 2023 reflection in the Atlantic Monthly (Subscription required), he wrote Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been obsessed with two questions. The first is: Why have Americans become so sad? … My second, related question is: Why have Americans become so mean?
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 7, 2023 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The following video examines six elements that help spiritually form the members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The text is adapted from the article “Frédéric Ozanam: Systemic Thinking, and Systemic Change," by Raymond L. Sickinger, Ph.D. Vincentian Heritage...
by Jim Paddon | Sep 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
As we approach the end of summer here in Canada, for myself and many others, we have had a summer of relaxation and an opportunity to enjoy time with family and exploring new and exciting parts of our vast nation.
by Daughters of Charity Services | Sep 7, 2023 | Formation, News
Vincentian Values Week is set to launch later this month, running from September 25 – 29.