![A Canadian View: A Happy Re-New Year!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: A Happy Re-New Year!
As I sat with my wife on New Year’s Eve and watched the Big Apple drop in New York, it was, as always, great to see so much joy, love, reflection and hope for what this new year of 2023 may bring us.
![Bringing Hope to Disaster Survivors in Western Kentucky](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/12/svdp-usa-disaster-services-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Bringing Hope to Disaster Survivors in Western Kentucky
One such solution that is bringing hope to western Kentucky families is the House In a Box™ program, led by the St. Vincent DePaul Diocesan Council of Western Kentucky.
![The Nun Rebuilding Homes and Hope in Ukraine](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/01/vatican-news-sisters-of-miraculous-medal-ukraine-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Nun Rebuilding Homes and Hope in Ukraine
For many Ukrainians, their only thought now is how to survive the winter cold, which sometimes lasts until even April, with temperatures going as low as -25° C.
![A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside
The flow of our celebrations in these weeks invite us to a place in the middle. Two feasts attract our attention and border out reflections.
![Tell me who your friends are…](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/01/tell-me-FI-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Tell me who your friends are…
“Tell me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” These words are but echoes of words spoken over 400 years before Christ.
![Disrupt the State of Affairs Today](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook-copy-1080x627.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Disrupt the State of Affairs Today
Jesus shows us his glory and mercy. Such epiphany makes known that the time has come to disrupt things as they now are. Magi from the east show up in Jerusalem. And the question they ask turns out to undermine the powers that be. For it troubles King Herod greatly...![Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 10](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/11/modern-art-vincent-images-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 10
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.
![Let Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Be Your Companion This Year](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/01/SaintElizabethAnnSeton-Drawing-1920-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Let Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Be Your Companion This Year
Looking for a role model to inspire your New Year’s resolutions? Who better than St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, America’s first native-born Saint, whose feast day falls on January 4. She overcame the same obstacles we struggle with in our own lives. A friend we can identify with is one we are more likely to emulate.
![Benedict XVI: The Pope of the Dialogue Between Faith and Reason](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/01/BentoXVI-30-10052007-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Benedict XVI: The Pope of the Dialogue Between Faith and Reason
Touched, but comforted by the hope in the Risen Christ, we have received the sad news that this Saturday, 31 December 2022, the fruitful existence of His Holiness Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus of the Holy Church, has come to an end.
![Members of the Socieity of Saint Vincent de Parul, throughout Brazil, participate in the beatification of Isabel Cristina](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/12/isabel-5-1-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Members of the Socieity of Saint Vincent de Parul, throughout Brazil, participate in the beatification of Isabel Cristina
On December 10, 2022, Isabel Crstina, “the Vincentian flower” was beatified in the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad [the Shrine of Our Lady of Piety] in Barbacena.