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In the Parque do Colégio neighborhood of Jundiaí, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the Parish Church of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam stands as a particularly meaningful expression of lay Vincentian spirituality. It is not simply a church named after the principal founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Its own history grew from a community already shaped by the Vincentian tradition of faith, fellowship, and service.
Today, August 18, 2026, we, the members of the Vincentian Family, pray for discernment in responding to fake news and fear.
“It is not enough to be convinced,” Bl. Frédéric wrote to a friend. “You have to believe.” A bright intellect from a very young age, Frédéric had gone through his own period of doubt in his faith as he absorbed so many great accomplishments of reason and science in his studies. Many of the youth around him were falling away from the church, and perhaps there was an element of peer pressure helping to sow Frédéric’s doubts.
Can hope transform the lives of thousands of people? This documentary takes viewers into the heart of the Vincentian mission in Madagascar, where priests and local communities face poverty, isolation, and a severe lack of infrastructure. It is a story of missionary courage, priestly formation, solidarity, and faith capable of building a better future.
Reviving faith in the poor and suffering Jesus and enlivening charity form a single movement: faith without love grows cold, and charity without faith runs dry. Christ brings the fire that purifies, enlightens, warms, and unites, and asks us to love as He does: with closeness, mercy, and dedication. The Eucharist impels us to service, and the community sustains the flame that must burn in every heart.
Today, August 17, 2026, we, the members of the Vincentian Family, pray for volunteer first responders in remote areas.
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: When God places Vincentians into someone’s life, God is saying, “You can be faithful and you can trust in me.”
Homelessness is often imagined as sleeping on a sidewalk. In wartime Ukraine, however, the reality is far broader: people may be living in shelters, abandoned buildings, temporary rooms, or the homes of relatives without possessing a safe and stable place of their own.
Today, August 16, 2026, we, the members of the Vincentian Family, pray for inclusive language and practices in the Church.
As extreme heat swept across Europe last month, the UK registered record temperatures for June. For the homelessness sector, this severely impacts our clients and our workforce. But, as the climate crisis intensifies, how prepared are we?
Today, August 15, 2026, we, the members of the Vincentian Family, pray for people living without access to legal identity.
A jurist, husband, father, member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and active lay apostle, Luis Belda made faith a concrete way of serving people in need and participating in society. His life, cut short amid the violence of the summer of 1936, culminated in a witness of fidelity, forgiveness, and Christian hope.
