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The Pope Video • Fundamental Rights
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Fundamental Rights.
How to Do Apostolic Reflection
A simple PowerPoint to guide your group step by step in the process of apostolic reflection.
Reacting to Different Ways of Thinking
Looking at Jesus through the eyes of a Jewish person or a Gentile.
A Canadian View: Diversity & Inclusion
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Canada’s social justice committee has been tasked with developing material and recommendations related to the issue of systemic racism.
Know Someone Facing Eviction?
Make sure you are educated in your rights and stay vigilant. Many landlords do not expect their tenants to understand eviction proceedings and try to take advantage of them.
Sustainable Development Goals, 5 and 6
SDG5: GENDER EQUALITY In one of their songs, the Eagles rock group sings “things in this life change very slowly if they ever change at all.” The lament of many a social activist! To be fair, one exception would be gay marriage rights, which seem to have come more...
Living “As If”(Acts 4: Jn 20)
Where are the assurances that these claims about Jesus rising to new life have any substance?
Acts of the Apostles, Systemic Change and Polarization
Over the next several weeks the liturgy, drawing from the Acts of the Apostles, presents selected stories of ordinary people who coped with severe polarization some 2,000 years ago.
Women in Decision-Making: Faith Perspective
The roles of women and girls cannot be over-emphasized. Women CAN and DO make tremendous difference in the Society when given the opportunity.
Joyful to See the Lord in Their Midst
The risen Christ stands in the midst of his disciples and wishes them peace. He shows them his hands and his side. And they turn joyful. The disciples are not at all joyful after the death of Jesus. They are even broken and hopeless. For not only do they miss their...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent IV
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Saint Paul tells you how much you lose when the first thoughts of your mind are filled with anything other than God.”
Creating a Space of Retreat At Home
As we find ourselves continuing to practice physical distancing, it has called us to be creative in how we can go on ‘retreat’ and connect with faith-filled communities.