The theme of the Jubilee Year of the Vincentian Charism accompanies us through this year. On this subject I am...
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St. Vincent’s Call to the Ladies of Charity Is Still Heard After 400 Years
The AIC or Ladies of Charity, 400 years since their founding, continue to be active and full of life as they work together against all forms of poverty.
St. Vincent’s First Foundation: The Ladies of Charity #AIC400 #famvin400
SlideShare presentation commemorating St. Vincent’s foundation of the first Confraternity of Charity– the “Ladies of Charity”– in Châtillon, France.
The Good Samaritan and Systemic Change: A Call to Youth
I wonder how many homilies over the years have urged us to be like the Good Samaritan! Young people making a pilgrimage to Krakow this month are a “summons” to the entire Church to ditch the “bad systems” which encourage a merciless heart, Archbishop Mark Coleridge...
The “Mystique” and the “Mystic”
One says mystique and the other says mystic. How do we understand a Vincent who liked to use this motto: "Action is our entire task," and then would add, “Perfection does not come from ecstasy but rather from doing the will of God.” (SV 11:41. 317). Contemplative in...
#famvin400 Praying with a Broken Heart
When people say they have a broken heart, they have entered a deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there's no answer. Vincentians are called to serve body and spirit. Listen to this Sarah Hart song. https://youtu.be/WBecGxKmEKM [box type="tick" size="large"...
Matthew 25: A Vincentian Life Process
“A process for Christian Life, a practical way to respond lovingly to the God who first loved us." You may have heard the expression “a Matthew 25 Christian,” referring to someone who emphasizes the Last Judgment in her approach to the faith. This approach takes the...
Françoise Marguérite De Silly: Herstory continues
Vincentian Herstory is the history of the women who responded to the promptings of the Spirit that we now call the Vincentian charism. Recounting the history of the foundation of the Congregation of the Mission, Australian Tim Williams, C.M., wrote It was not long...
Telling the Tale of our Charism #famvin400 #IamVincent
To celebrate well, we must fully tell the tale of our charism. We must recount the story. ‘Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?’ And the Lord heard it and said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam ‘Come out, you three, to the tent of...
#famvin400 Who am I?
A Vincentian wants to know the answer to the question, "Who am I?" Too often, we only answer the question, "What have I done?" Part of preparing for the coming 400th anniversary year is coming to know ourselves in God's eyes. Are we willing to look deeply? Listen to...
#famvin400 Stranger in our midst
One of the "sub-themes" of the coming 400th anniversary year is welcoming the stranger in our midst on a daily basis. Are there people suffering right next to us? Listen to this Matt Maher song. https://youtu.be/kq3-OyRh3Zw [box type="tick" size="large"...
A stranger is a friend who I have yet to meet
My brothers and sisters of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, it is with great pleasure that I have this opportunity to address you today on a special theme that we, as a Vincentian Family, hope to promote throughout the year 2017. As you all well know, we are celebrating, as of January 2017, the inspirational birth of the charism of the Vincentian Family.
