Continuing our Vincentian Year of Faith series, this month we highlight the virtues of St. Catherine Labouré, DC. She...
Year of Faith
Superior General – Faith
Brothers and sisters, each year at the time of the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul we reflect on a theme that enables us to deepen our spirituality and to strengthen our commitment to the poor. This year we want to reflect on the theme of faith, the central theme of our Christian identity and a theme that has been proposed by the Church.
Different kinds of faith
"In Rekindling your faith" Fr Pat Collins CM writes about the different kinds of faith we need and suggests how we...
Evangelization through beauty
Embrace the beautiful! Evangelizing Through Beauty: A commentary by Fr. Barron A thoughtful reflection about the process of evangelization as moving from the beautiful to the good to the true rather than the reverse order. For a Vincentian perspective see also Fr....
Year of Faith with Vincent de Paul
A one minute presentation of Year of Faith with Vincent de Paul. The presenttion was prepared by Father Luke SoryS CM of the NewEngland Province. Be sure to visit his YouTube playlist to see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5ECXFu490
A Vincentian martyr’s faith and humor
As he was fleeing persecution at age 70 he wrote… “I want none of this world’s goods, apart from a decent watch; only one of the ones you sent two years ago was any good. The others began by gaining an hour every day, and later two hours; then they all contracted a...
Schools and new evangelization
"Catholic schools are centers for the New Evangelization for families of a variety of socio-economic backgrounds and diverse cultures," said Bishop Joseph P. McFadden of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. "The unique atmosphere of our Catholic schools is a space and place...
Vincentians – ordinary people evangelizing
Canadian Vincentian Lynn L'Heureux offers this insight... We are ordinary people called by God as Paul was. We sin, we get angry and we make many mistakes. God, however, is quite extraordinary, and he does extraordinary works with ordinary and imperfect people like...
Elizabeth Seton and Frances Cabrini
"What did Frances Cabrini and Elizabeth Seton have in common? Both fit the criteria given by Pope Benedict XVI for "new evangelizers." They both "had the experience of being healed by God, through Jesus Christ," and they both overcame hardships and profound sorrow...
Archdiocese of the Internet?
Someone at CatholicTechTalk writes..."I received an email from the Austin Diocese the other day wondering if this blog operates on the approval of our diocese. In writing back, I responded somewhat flippantly with the question, “Which diocese covers the Internet?”...
Young people moving away from religion – why?
This is the question posed by a recent special on NPR More Young People Are Moving Away From Religion, But Why? One-fifth of Americans are religiously unaffiliated, and those younger than 30 especially seem to be drifting from organized religion. Regardless of the...
Two new resources for the Year of Faith
The folks at Our Sunday Visitor have found two new resources for the Year of Faith We've found two cool new tools for your Year of Faith. First, from the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization's official Year of Faith web site, a free poster download...
