While the rich have many persons to serve them, the poor have no servants but the Daughters of Charity.
Reflections
Lenten Video Series: Day 11, Relationship with God
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 11: Relationship with God.
Volunteering from a Distance
by Noreen White | March 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
I began my volunteering with the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Ethiopia as a Vincentian Lay Missionary (VLM) volunteer in 2013 for three months.
Lenten Video Series: Day 10, Rosary Rally
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | February 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 10: Rosary Rally.
Origin of Catholic Hospitals In The U.S.A. – The Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Carl Pieber, CM | February 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
In 1828, St. Louis had around 6,000 residents but no hospital when four members of the Sisters of Charity moved there.
Famvin Ireland Video Blog: Epiphany and New Year Reflection
by .famvin | Jan 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Paschal Scallon, Provincial of the Irish Province of the Vincentians, gives a short video reflection on the Epiphany and New Year.
The Company of Charity and the Laudato Si Action Platform
by Fr. Terrence Moran | Jan 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
We gathered to share how the Charity charism could be a resource for us as we engage in Pope Francis’s seven-year journey to integral integrity expressed in the LSAP.
A Litany for the World
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 29, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Although the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord actually brings the Christmas season to an end, people quickly forget its meaning. Here’s a litany called “Now the Work of Christmas Begins” composed by Howard Thurman, an African-American theologian, educator, and civil...
A Vincentian View – A Christmas Homily: “Celebrating the Small”
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View A Christmas Homily: “Celebrating the Small” Each year before Christmastime in Advent, one of my brothers sends me four tickets to “The Messiah” at Lincoln Center. This gives me an opportunity to see this seasonal show with some of my confreres and...
Awesome and Alluring Blessing
by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is our only Savior, and he saves in an awesome and alluring way. He will bless us when as priests through our baptism, we invoke his name upon one another. There is no other name by which salvation comes to us but the name of Jesus. And since he is our all...
Vincentians Keep Jesus in our Work – Vincentians Serve as Called
by Lynn L'Heureux | Dec 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentians Keep Jesus in our Work - Vincentians Serve as Called - Vincentians See the Concrete Sign Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Keep Jesus in our Work We believe and know Jesus is in the Blessed Sacrament. So we ensure before our visits to those in...
Come… Let us Adore Him…
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Dec 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In the Gospel of Luke, we read that the good news of birth of Jesus was first given to the shepherds. The Angel said to them: “Do not be afraid; for see – I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a...
#famvin400: A Gift for You!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
We have completed our ten-part series on the work of Father Corpus Delgado, C.M., "The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church." If you missed it... You can find all of the individual articles by Fr. John Freund here. You can download the...
The Joy of Christmas
by William Graham | Dec 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
William (Bill) Graham from Peel-North Toronto Ontario Regional Council, Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers his reflections on The Joy of Christmas: As Vincentians we commit and look forward to serving our neighbor in need in the best possible way. Each year we try...
Louise de Marillac: Nativity Scene
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Dec 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
"You invite me to go to the Crib so that I can meet you there near the Infant Jesus and His Holy Mother. From the way you speak, I gather that you visit it lovingly so that you may be united to all our sisters. I, however, visit it seldom because I stop only on my way...
Attuned To The Fear of the Lord
by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 21, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Attuned To “The Fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:1-5; Lk. 10: 21) In Isaiah’s description of the special one God will send (“A shoot from the stump of Jesse”), he lists a number of qualities this person will have. Wisdom, understanding, strength, and so forth. But one of...