Reflections
Laborers of the Lord of the Harvest
God’s Anointed and Sent One is here. And with him comes great harvest. That is why there is need for not a few...
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 4
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.
Saint John the Baptist, Mother Seton, and the Meaning of Birthdays
June 24 is the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, coming exactly half a year from Christmas. Everyone loves a birthday, but St. Elizabeth Ann Seton intuitively saw something the Catholic Church also uniquely sees: birthdays have a deep and powerful meaning.
A Sacramental Imagination
Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility...
The Pope Video • Priests and Their Pastoral Ministry
This month, the Pope asks us to pray that priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Pope Francis - July 2018 [youtube...
Do Vincentians Really Have the Smell of the Sheep?
The first time Pope Francis caught our attention with the image of the “smell of the sheep” was a mere two weeks after he became Pope.
VLM/VMC Impact: Vincentian Formation – What Must Be Done?
We continue to share a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Six years have...
Acting For Equality — in Faith
Acting For Equality -- in Faith (2 Corinthians 8:13; Mk 5: 25-34) If you’re looking for a topical subject in the Scriptures, you wouldn’t have to go much further than the one Paul brings up in a request to the Corinthians. He’s asking them to help their poorer...
Wanted Very Urgently Indeed: Prophets
Jesus is the definitive answer to the prayers of those who bemoan that there are no prophets. That is how wanted prophets are. That prophets are that wanted is clear in the lament, “Now we see no signs, we have no prophets.” We read something like it in Lam 2, 9. ...
Châtillon: God Works With Our Choices
Here in Châtillon, the Confraternities of Charity began as the creative collaboration of the women of the parish and their parish priest.
Pope’s Video Won an International Prize for Best Strategy
On Friday, June 15, a video with the collaboration of Pope Francis won an international prize for “best strategy in social action” at the International Festival of Social Publicity in Spain. Jesús Colina, from Aletia writes: The video was put together by the Migrants...
Does the Daily News Overwhelm You?
We might not be able to accomplish as much as St. Vincent. But we can all do the next right thing… realizing something must be done and asking the Vincentian Question, WHAT MUST I DO?