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Dr. Linda Sama, New Representative for the AIC at the United Nations
On July 13, 2023, Dr. Linda Sama began officially as a NGO representative for the International Association of Charities (AIC), joining Mary Ann Dantuono and Pat Mule at the UN in New York. Dr. Sama is joining the team but will not be officially retired from St....![God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook-copy-1080x627.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
Jesus, God-with-us, is the first of the brothers and sisters who rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. There is a report that fewer folks in the U.S. believe in God and, one can guess, in God-with-us. For the number of believers in the U.S. is...![Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 15](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/04/vincentian-art-brushes-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 15
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
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Mortification: a Forgotten Virtue?
Introduction “Convince yourself that you will not enter into savour and sweetness of spirit unless you give yourself to the mortification of everything you desire,” said the mystic St John of the Cross. The savour and sweetness of spirit, therefore, will never be...![Trials of Life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/06/missionarys-voice-facebook-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Trials of Life
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...![Seton Shrine Offering Retreats To Those Who Need Them Most](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/07/seton-shrine-featured-copy-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Seton Shrine Offering Retreats To Those Who Need Them Most
Watch a video to hear one of the retreatants tell his story.
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“Rosalie Projects”: When will you be back?
While traveling through the communities around Eleme (Nigeria) to provide medical assistance to those in need, the Daughters of Charity came across a large number of people suffering from severe mental disorders, wandering the streets and/or exposed to inhumane treatment.
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Four + One (Gospels) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
“As for myself, I don’t know, but God has given me such a high esteem of simplicity that I call it my Gospel. I have special devotion and consolation in saying things as they are.” (CCD, IX, conference 52). “Everyone loves simple, candid people, who...![Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/12/Comparison-between-the-lives-of-Vincent-de-Paul-and-Frederic-Ozanam-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam— some curious points of coincidence […]. Although both were born far from Paris (Ozanam in Italy), they were inhabitants of that city most...![First Group Completes Masters Course in Vincentian Studies](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/07/Orla-primera-edicion-Master-e-n-Viceencianismo-2021-2023-1080x630.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
First Group Completes Masters Course in Vincentian Studies
On July 20, 2023, there was a celebration on the occasion of the first group completing the Másters Course in Vincentian Studies (2021-2923).