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A Vincentian View: The Whole Story
My friends, the whole story during this holy season invites us to strengthen our faith within our closest community and to express it in the widest world.
![Is Your Glass Half Empty… Or Half Full?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/01/glass-half-1080x675.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Is Your Glass Half Empty… Or Half Full?
True optimism is the ability to see the emptiness of half the glass while choosing to focus on the fullness of the other half of the glass.
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Nationalism, Racism, Exclusivism
Jesus is the Suffering Servant of God who anoints him with the Spirit. He brings forth justice to the nations. Hence, he and nationalism cannot mix. What he himself has seen and what Cornelius has told him make Peter sure that God is not partial. That is to say,...![Vincentian Prayer Images: God’s Language](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/praying-our-heritage-featured-new-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images: God’s Language
God speaks to us in the lives of people we meet!
![Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ladies of Charity Hosts Community Harvest Dinner](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/01/loc-olph-adw-harvest-dinner-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ladies of Charity Hosts Community Harvest Dinner
Ladies of Charity in Washington DC served approximately 2,500 dinners to the community.
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Sixth Meeting of the Confraternity of Christian Educators in Latin America
Update on the Confraternity of Vincentian Educators in Latin America meeting, which was held (via zoom)
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The Bible Was St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Close Companion
Through the research of Sister Joan E. Cook, SC we can acknowledge and better appreciate St. Elizabeth Seton’s great devotion to the Bible.
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Living Into Collaboration – A Vincentian Laudato Si’ Point of View, Part 1
My reflections come from many years of working in collaboration but as I write this it is with two non-Vincentian groups, with whom we Sisters of Charity of New York currently collaborate that are uppermost in my mind. Part 1
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2020 Activity Report of the SSVP General Council
The Council General International (CGI) of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) is pleased to publish an overview of the activities undertaken by the CGI in 2020.
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New Podcast on Elizabeth Ann Seton: “Friends and Followers”
The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton has released a new podcast titled “Friends and Followers” which explores Elizabeth Ann Seton’s life through the eyes of those who were most intimately and profoundly inspired by her.