Reflections
Followers of Jesus, Thinking, Wise
Jesus embodies what he teaches on being thoughtful and purposeful. He asks all his followers to be so, and thus the...
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 13
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
Vincentians of Wherever: Jean Semler – Change a Life Uganda
Jean and Dave Semler launched a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity Change A Life Uganda (CALU) with a vision of educated, healthy, and empowered Ugandan children as agents of positive social and economic change.
A Vincentian View: Baptism Words
After the Baptism, Jesus hears these words: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Who says…?
Let me tell you about one man who has had no special training or lots of money who is cleaning up Detroit with the help of homeless people. (It is not St. Vincent.)
Baptism with the Holy Spirit and Fire
Jesus is God’s very dear Son and his Christ. His baptism authenticates him so. And he will baptize whomever believes in him with the Holy Spirit and fire. Receiving prayerfully John’s baptism of repentance, Jesus shows once again that he is one with us...
MISEVI and Vatican II
The Vatican II Documents call us to holiness and to mission. As lay Vincentians, MISEVI is responding to that call.
Seton Reflections: The Wise Among Us Still Seek the Lord
Reflecting on the journey of the three wise men helped lead Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton to the Catholic Church.
The Star of Our Journey in the New Year
The star of the wisemen can be a metaphor the times in our lives when we must seek in the darkness for the light of God’s Providence as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent dePaul.
The Holy Family and My Family
Is your family perfect? No? Isn’t the birth of Jesus an invitation to a radical change in our thinking to grow into the mind of Christ’s way of thinking? It is okay to develop and grow within our family… as Jesus did!
“Honor” The Hidden Life
Those years between Jesus’ adolescence and public ministry there’s only silence, only the anonymity of what writers have termed The Hidden Life.
Revisioning Our Ministry in the New Year
What Herod and the Wisemen can teach us about revisioning our ministry with people trapped in poverty.