It is easier to use an uplifting language, to fulfill certain positive precepts and to reject certain pleasures, than...
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The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 6 • Solidarity As A Mindset
The word solidarity is not found in any of Vincent’s writing. This word was not used until the nineteenth century. In Vincent’s writing we do find, however, expressions of compassion toward those sisters and brothers who suffer.
Charity Knows No Limits • A Reflection with Ozanam
Ozanam says, This [social] order rests on two virtues, justice and charity, Love and charity: are they the same? How do we try to promote justice?
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 1• Still So Much to Learn
The research of Sister Maria Pilar Lopez, DC, on St. Vincent regarding the dignity of the person, justice, management of material goods, solidarity and human promotion will stimulate Vincentian visions and dreams.
A Spiritual Spiral • “Contributions” #10
The Vincentian charism fosters a dynamic, ever-deepening encounter between Christ and the poor, creating “alternate spaces” where the poor experience the joy of the Gospel, healing, and a life shaped by the Good News.
Being a Father: Gift and Responsibility • A Reflection with Ozanam
I’m already a father. I am custodian and guardian of an immortal creature. I long to see her baptism, which will take place tomorrow; then I will follow, one by one, all her steps, I will see the birth of all the graces of her childhood, and when holding her, I...
Have You Dreamt Any Dreams Recently? • “Contributions” #9
St. Vincent’s unwavering commitment to creative and responsive charity, his adaptability, attentiveness to Providence, and belief that “love is inventive to infinity” continue to inspire the Vincentian Family to evolve and respond boldly to emerging needs.
Father Vincent Taught Us That! • “Contributions” #8
The “new evangelization” emphasizes a dynamic, creative integration of evangelization, mission, and charity—calling for new ways of serving the poor that go beyond tradition, rooted in a living Vincentian legacy of active, innovative love.
Go to the Peripheries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Always take care of the servants as much as of the masters, and of the workers as of the rich: that will be, in the future, the only means of salvation for the Church of France. The curés must set aside their bourgeois parish congregations, little flocks of good sheep...
The School of the Poor • “Contributions” #7
The poor do not merely receive the Gospel—they reveal it, evangelizing us through their faith, wisdom, and lived experience, and thus becoming both our teachers and the place where we encounter Christ most profoundly.
Let Us Put Our Faith Under the Shelter of Charity • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
At that time, a number of philosophical and heterodox doctrines were stirring around us, and we felt the desire and need to strengthen our faith amid the attacks that came from the various schools of false science. Some of our young friends were materialistic; some...
Solitaries Need Not Apply • “Contributions” #6
The Church needs missionaries and apostolic workers to serve the poor and marginalized, a vision echoed by Frederic Ozanam and Pope Francis in urging clergy to engage deeply with the world and its suffering.
