Information on the Vincentian Youth Encounter in Panama, January 2019
Just three months before this EJV Panama 2019, we share, together with this message, the program of the meeting, both for those who will participate and for those who can help us to disseminate this information. The registration deadline for our meeting is November...
Sheltering the Homeless in Louisiana
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul shelters women and children who are homeless in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Vincentian Family in Belgium
On Thursday, October 4, 2018, there was a meeting in Brussels of the National Council of the Vincentian Family in Belgium with Fr. Joseph Agostino, C.M. international coordinator of the Vincentian Family Office. Guests at the meeting also included Fr. Emile Ghali,...
Is there a Vincentian Influence on the Youth Synod?
Is there a Vincentian Influence on the Youth Synod? The answer is…No.. and, very definitely, Yes! If by influence you mean is there a member of the Vincentian Family at the Synod in Rome, the answer is I do not know of any. But there are many ways of...
A Canadian View: Home Visits to a New Canadian
The home visit is the founding action of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul which Frederic Ozanam and his fellow members began on the advice of Sister Rosalie Rendu who certainly knew how and where these young students could really seek and find Jesus Christ. I’m...
International Day of the Girl Celebrated Today
Girls’ voices are echoing through hallways of UN Headquarters in New York today as the world celebrates “International Day of the Girl.” Girls are networking, advocating, and creatively portraying issues which affect them, as well as recommending solutions to...
SSVP President General Will Be Visiting the City of Oporto (Portugal)
On October 12, 13 and 14, brother Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th President General of the SSVP, will be on an official visit to the Central Council of Oporto, Portugal. Renato will be accompanied by the national president, sister Alda Couceiro, and the president of the...
The Ministry of Encouragement
The Ministry of Encouragement (Hebrews 12:1) There’s a wonderfully comforting image in the Letter to the Hebrews which has special application to us in Vincent’s Family. The author sets out to build up his struggling fellow believers and does this through a...
Developing a Culture of Mission
This post connects a couple of dots. The first dot is that systemic change flourishes when there is a careful understanding of the situation. The other dot is that that a culture of vocations is really a culture of mission.
Everything, Give Up Everything for Jesus’ Sake
Jesus proclaims the Good News of the Kingdom and helps all kinds of needy people. Those who give up everything to follow him will inherit the Kingdom and its assets and riches. While Jesus is setting out on a journey, an unidentified man runs up to him. As...
