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The Dignity of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
In these foul cellars and garrets, sometimes next door to sloth and vice we have often come upon the loveliest domestic virtues, on a refinement and intelligence that one does not always meet with under gilded ceilings; a poor cooper, of past seventy years of age,...![Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. Invites You To the Famvin 2024 Convocation in Rome This November](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/fr-tomaz-famvin-2024-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. Invites You To the Famvin 2024 Convocation in Rome This November
Dear Vincentian Family Movement, this is an invitation addressed to each of you! Let’s listen to what Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM has to tell us!
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Igniting Passion for Reading in Young Minds
Reading books is becoming less popular as smartphones, social networking, and video games overwhelm the contemplative experience of reading. Reading opens up unlimited possibilities to the students with the skills they need for lifetime learning and success by instilling this habit in the children’s early stages.
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Second Vincentian Family Convocation: “Keeping the Fire Burning: Vincentian Synodality in Action” (14 – 17 November 2024 in Rome, Italy)
The Vincentian Family Executive Board invites you to our Second Vincentian Family Convocation: “Keeping the Fire Burning: Vincentian Synodality in Action” (14 – 17 November 2024 in Rome, Italy).
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July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet
The following presentation is from a Homily of Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M. at the Prayer Vigil for the Canonization of Francis Regis Clet. Rome, 30 September 2000.
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Catholic Families: Are they Mirrors of God’s Love?
This Vincentian Mindwalk started out as a virtual journey to Rome for the 10th World Meeting of Families in 2022. To my surprise, it developed into a reflection on what the church can learn from “happy marriages.” I have had a life-long interest in the family as an...![Contemplation: To Wait for God’s Own Time](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/02/SVDP-USA-Contemplation-Mondays-featured-1080x628.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
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...![The Sons of Charity elect a new General Council](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/07/fills-de-la-charite-fb-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Sons of Charity elect a new General Council
The Sons of Charity are a religious congregation under pontifical right , founded by Father Anizan at Christmas 1918.
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Letter of the Postulator General of the Congregation of the Mission on New Martyrs
In this letter, the Postulator General invites the Visitors and Regional Superiors to respond to Pope Francis’ call for a Catalogue of New Martyrs.
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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.