People who are poor must wonder what makes us “tick”. One Daughter of Charity at a clinic in India who changed a filthy bandage and cleaned the infected wound of a woman with leprosy was asked this question by the grateful woman. “Sister, how can you do this work?”
Archbishop Cupich, Pope Francis and St.Vincent – When I read this piece about Archbishop Cupich, Pope Francis’s first major U.S. appointment, I thought immediately of St. Vincent de Paul, and indeed just about all the founders of the the various branches of the Vincentian Family. What do you think?
He was only 24 when he died yet what an impact this handsome pipe smoking, mountain-climbing Vincentian had. The latest illustration comes from Olivia and her post Why We Love Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Enough to Name Our Kid and This Blog in His Honor
Kelly Wahlquist has a beautiful visual prayer "Go to where you know Jesus to be" "On Holy Saturday, when Mary Magdalene faced her darkest hour—her Lord, her Hope, her Love, her Savior was dead and buried—she went to the tomb. She went to where she knew the Lord to be....
Living Stations of the Cross - Connecting an ancient practice of remembrance with the suffering in today's world Megan Fincher writes "On Good Friday, Jesus not only reveals that he is our Savior, but also, more subtly, that he is our Teacher. During his Passion, was...
Asia News reports Pope: The Resurrection "is not a happy ending in a movie" but "a humble victory of God, that humanly looks like a failure" The story continues.... Two children join Francis on the back of his jeep. The two, both with a white cap, and smiles somewhat...
On Palm Sunday the Pope asked us to think about who we would be as we encounter the many personalities in the scriptures of this week. Debbie of "Saints 365 - Striving for the heights of Holiness in the trenches of everyday life" presents some of our possible answers....
Holy week is so rich in symbols and images! During these days of Holy Week FamVin posts will focus on pictures that provide inspiration for prayer and contemplation.
Busted Halo’s® has added another two-minute video that describes the final week of Lent we spend preparing for Easter. You can download this video . (Depending on your browser, clicking this link might save the video to your default downloads location or open the...
20 years after the genocide in Rwanda, reconciliation still happens one encounter at a time. The New York Times offers a photographic essay of victim and aggressor. "Last month, the photographer Pieter Hugo went to southern Rwanda, two decades after nearly a million...
Fr. Robert Barron of The Word on Fire offer his reflection on the controversial movie Noah. In a post entitled "Noah: A Post-Modern Midrash" he argues the film should be viewed in the time-honored biblical for of literature called "midrash". Midrash is a method of...
A Mindful Presence Lenten Reflection by Fr. Derek Swanson, C.M. (eVincentian Newsletter) The other day, I was riding a commuter train and noticed that all of my fellow passengers were focused on using their smart phones, iPads, laptops, or other electronic devices. No...
