by Javier F. Chento | Nov 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Mr. Bailly […] told me about all the tribulations that the Society [of Saint Vincent de Paul] had to suffer on the part of some ecclesiastics who sought to seize it, and, above all, on the part of a political party that wanted to exploit or disorganize it in its...
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 5, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Perhaps it is bad the alliance of Catholics with the defeated bourgeoisie; it would be better to lean on the people, who are the true ally of the Church, the people, who are poor as she is, sacrificed like her, blessed like her with all the blessings of the Savior. In...
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 31, 2018 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The September/October issue of the Boletim Brasileiro magazine of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) in Brazil has published interviews with two members of the Commission for the Canonization of blessed Frederic Ozanam, the main founder of the Society of St....
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 29, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In a certain sense, I believe the aim we were proposing in Paris is not quite the same as that you are proposing in the province. In Paris we are birds of passage, away for some time from the paternal nest and on which unbelief, that vulture of thought, plans for its...
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 22, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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...
