Addressing homelessness across Brazil: a joint Vincentian effort
As we remember October 17th’s Eradication of Poverty Day – a day of global significance – we would like to reflect on the plight of those struggling with homelessness in Brazil.
Knowing How To Ask In Order To Learn How To Give • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
“Savior of our souls, these are Your teachings we are embracing, and the devil is trying to make us abandon them. My Savior, it’s to Your advantage for us to be the victors, since we are fighting against Your enemy. Come to our aid. We protest that...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam and Money from Protestants
Frederic Ozanam was a staunch defender of the faith and the Catholic Church; but if some Protestants made him intermediary in the service of the poor, he was their grateful servant. Once, a young Protestant pastor, having gathered an amount of money among his...
St. Agostina Pietrantoni: seeing God in the suffering faces of the sick
Learn about the life of St. Agostina Pietrantoni, Sister of Charity of St. Jeanne Antida Thouret and patron saint of nurses, whose feast day is November 13.
Street-level Encounters – a Parable
Do we look people in the eye? We certainly look some people in the eye… especially when we are in a loving relationship with them.
Matambanadzo Named As International Territory Vice President for Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Pamela Matambanadzo of Chicago IL has been appointed to serve as International Territory Vice President for America 1 for the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Lebanon – The spectre of war… the schools take action!
Since October 7, the conflict in Gaza has cast an even darker shadow over the very difficult situation in Lebanon.
A Vincentian View: Saints and Souls
Each of the days that introduce the month of November—All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day—brings a different word to my mind.
Changing Our Clocks, Fast-forwards and Do-overs
Changing Clocks! It is a semi-annual ritual in many parts of the world. I suspect most of us sleep through it.
Fire up Our Whole Selves with Love
Jesus makes known by words and deeds that we cannot love God without loving our neighbor. We Christians seek to fire up ourselves with love. The Church asks us today to keep watch. For we do not know the day or the hour when the Son of Man will come back. And to keep...
