Charity, Blessed Frédéric explained, “is a fire that dies without being fed, and good works are the food of charity.”
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Contemplation: Heroic Virtue
What is courage, exactly, and in what sense did our holiest Vincentians pray for God to grant it to them?
The Family Success Center of Louisville (USA) Celebrates 10 Years
Zaire Royster, an incoming sophomore at W.E.B. DuBois Academy, reminisced about his time as an elementary student at the Family Success Center (FSC), located at 1015 S Preston St, Louisville, KY 40203, USA.
Contemplation: The Way to Peace
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Our little human minds and hearts can sometimes become so bound up in worry and anxiety that we find it difficult to act, difficult even to know what actions to take. We pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and then...
Contemplation: True Presence
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St. Vincent said, “with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” [CCD XI:32] We believe, as Frédéric did, that “religion serves best not to think,...
Contemplation: To Wait for God’s Own Time
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org The church calls the laity to “fulfill their prophetic mission by evangelization” which has “peculiar efficacy because it is accomplished in the ordinary circumstances of the world.” [CCC, 905] Our Vincentian vocation, our...
Letter from the President General of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for Vincentian Youth Day
Today, July 4, we celebrate the feast of Pier Giorgio Frassati, patron of the youth of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. We live at a time when the faith and the Vincentian values that we defend are more important than ever.
Vincentian Youth: United in Synodality and Strengthened in Faith
On July 4, 1925, at the age of 24, Pier Giorgio Frassati, a great young man who chose to spend his youth in service to the most needy and abandoned, returned to the embrace of the Father.
Series of Short Video Reflections from SVP England and Wales
Jon Cornwall, Director of Membership, SVP England and Wales, presents a series of short videos on the way we love, and other threads of our Vincentianism that are worth reflecting on.
Contemplation: The Challenge of Modern Times
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Blessed Frédéric and his friends founded the Society in 1833 in answer to a challenge posed to them by another group of students in a discussion group called the Conference of History. The other students, adherents to San...
From Darkness to Dawn: Britt’s Journey to Recovery and Renewal
After overcoming a tumultuous past of abuse, addiction, and homelessness, Britt has found new purpose and stability through supportive housing and personal transformation.
Contemplation: To Discern, Not to Decide
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org In the Society of St Vincent de Paul, “all decisions are made by consensus after the necessary prayer, reflection and consultation.” [Rule, Part I, 3.10] In other words, we don’t simply vote the minority “off the island,”...
