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Beatified Joseph Mayr-Nusser, Member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Italian layman Joseph Mayr-Nusser who refused to take the Hitler oath was beatified March 18 in his home town of Bolsano. In 1944, Mayr-Nusser, a Catholic husband and father, refused to take the oath of allegiance to Hitler after being drafted into the German army. He...![Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/03/women-on-the-move-facebook.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants
All around the world, women move not only themselves and their families to safer locations but they move their communities to overcome injustice. Commemorating International Women’s Day, the St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee organized a panel of experts focusing...![God is Good #IamVincent](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/03/GodisGood.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
God is Good #IamVincent
“There was one week in December when I felt like everything went wrong.” Vincent would have known what you’re talking about! He said, “Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends...![My Folleville • A Video From Fr. Tomaz Mavrič](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/04/TMSG-MyFolleville-22-1200_EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
My Folleville • A Video From Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
The second video of this series takes us to the small church of Folleville. Father Tomaž Mavrič recalls to us Saint Vincent entering that place to encounter a reality of spiritual poverty. Today, after 400 years, we see that the charism inherited from Saint Vincent...![United Nations: Conclusion of the Commission on Status of Women](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
United Nations: Conclusion of the Commission on Status of Women
St. Vincent de Paul was a champion of women. His friendship with St. Louise was evidence of his respect and admiration of women. He recognized the strength and unique person of the woman. The United Nations recently concluded the Commission on Status of Women. Over...![Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader (Genesis 11:1-9) One of the keys to the story of the tower of Babel is the contrast in it between two lines of thought, one in the incident itself and the other coming a few chapters later in Genesis. In the first the...![Be Attentive to the Security Needs of Those Who are Poor](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/03/financial-security-social-justice-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Be Attentive to the Security Needs of Those Who are Poor
Fidelity to our mission means that we are attentive to the needs of those who are poor … attentive to the needs related to their security (attentive to the dangers and privations that they encounter on a daily basis).
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A Vincentian “Gutenberg” Moment
In a recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Marina Gorbis writes: I would argue that we are living through our own Gutenberg moment—a moment of transformation in our fundamental tools for creating, expressing, and sharing information, ideas, and knowledge....![Now is the Day of the Resurrection and the Life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)