Lent 2016
Lenten Shift: Papal Perspectives
Papal perspectives on the living of the Gospel have always shaped and challenged the Vincentian story. It is part of...
Lenten Shift: Exploring Vincentian Themes
Exploring Vincentian themes is part of our Lenten Shift, metaphorically "shifting gears" in Lent, can be a helpful...
#IamVincent: Self examination
Lent is a time for self examination. On his blog, self-described, “Writer. Performer. Youth worker. Educator. What I...
Lenten shift: from fasting to feeding your Vincentian soul
A Lenten Shift, metaphorically "shifting gears" in Lent, can be a helpful process. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can feed the deeper parts of ourselves. This is the first of a four week series that invites us to feed our...
Resource links for Lenten Letter
Now available...the Lenten Letter to the Vincentian Family in eBook and other various formats. Click the image to download the version you wish to use: eBook PDF Scribd
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2016
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee 1. Mary, the image of a Church which evangelizes because she is evangelized In the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, I asked that “the season of Lent in...
#IamVincent: Baptism and Charity
The relationship of Baptism and Lent is something every Vincentian ought to contemplate. For most of us, Lent has been a time of repentance. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults calls it “The period of purification and enlightenment.” This time… customarily...
Lenten Letter to the Family: Resources
We are happy to present the Lenten Letter to the Vincentian Family in Slideshare (presentation) format. We hope you will enjoy using it for reflection throughout the Lenten Season. In some ways it will allow you almost literally to walk alongside him and the thoughts...
Lenten letter – stories of fasting and prayer
In Father Gregory Gay's last Lenten Letter as Superior General he uses stories to help us reflect on Lent as a time of fasting and prayer. For both themes he tells a story from his personal journey, a Jesus story and invites us to write a new story, our story. Lent:...
Let God Surprise you during Lent
Father Terrence Moran offers this calendar: "A Lenten Journey in the Jubilee Year of Mercy" as a prayer/reflection/suggestion for action for each day of Lent. It is from the Office of Peace, Justice and Ecological Integrity of the Sisters of Charity of Saint...