Have you said, “I’m done with this virus?”
Reflections
Cries of Those Who Are Poor for Justice
Jesus is the help that comes from above. He is at once the unflagging prayer for the poor and the saving answer to...
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 19
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.
Flesh and Blood of the New and Everlasting Covenant
Jesus Christ offers us his flesh as true food and his blood as true drink. If we eat his flesh and drink his blood, we have life within us. This time, Jesus does not spark murmuring but a quarrel. They quarrel among themselves those who do not understand how Jesus...
Fostering a Culture of Encounter on Our Streets
Famvin Homeless Alliance: Vincentian Family Annual Theme 2018 ‘There was no room at the inn’ – Luke 2:7 Street Homelessness Looking after our homeless brothers and sisters living on the streets has been at the forefront of Vincentian charity since the inception of our...
Discovering Hope Through Home Visits
A video from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Seattle/King County Washington briefly discusses some of the things we learn through home visits with people living in poverty.
God’s Timing
When I think back before I started CVV, it was not what I had pictured myself doing after college. I am a planner and I had a five year plan for myself. I wanted to go abroad right after graduation and serve in a Spanish speaking country for the first year. This is...
Three Vincentian Values
On this Friday, a quick video message from Mark McGreevy of Depaul International.
Jesus’ Oxygen Mask
All our Vincentian Family heroes and heroines needed the oxygen of a clear vision of who called them and what was their mission… Something that comes in prayerful awareness. How did they replenish their spiritual oxygen sources?
A Canadian View: A New Definition of Homelessness?
Deep in the heart of Texas, the government of the Unites States of America operates immigrant detention centres. Many countries have immigration detention centres, including Canada, but the Texas centres are operated in a very different way. They make a point of...
A Vincentian View: For the Greater Glory of God
A Vincentian View: “For the Greater Glory of God” A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to preach on the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola. As might be expected, I began to think about the Jesuits and then I toyed with the idea of how many Jesuits I could list. ...
Lord, Teach Us to Think Anew!
Are we ready to leave the box of our normal thinking and to find the opportunity that lies disguised in this challenge? Show us the truth that will set us free.
