by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
“To Confirm in Unity”: President’s Day… and Pope’s Day  The blog Whispers in the Loggia presents two key texts for  President’s Day in the US and also what it describes as the “Pope’s Day”. Rocco Palmo ties the two...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
FamVin is happy to present this translation into English of an article on martyrdom  by  Corpus Juan Delgado, CM. It looks at the concept of martyrdom as it appears in the writings of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. The concept is examined from the...
by Beth | Jan 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
 “(Newly minted Jesuit saint Peter ) Faber’s vision of the positive role of business is remarkable. He wrote two centuries before Adam Smith lifted a pen, during an era when the Catholic church generally looked askance at business. Yet in a few short...
by Beth | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Some 80 years ago the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Australia offered their answer to why they serve the poor. The more things change the more they stay the same. Read it yourself to judge how well this statement has travelled the decade. Australian SVDP 1934...
by Beth | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Have you thought about what gifts we as a Vincentian Family and individual followers  Vincent and Louise bring to the “stables” today? As I read a post “Third Millennium Wisemen” focused on the gifts of our last three Popes that was the...
by Beth | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
A blessed New Year to you and to all those close to your heart! Let’s open our eyes and recognize 2014 for what it really is: A wonderful tree heavy with harvest — every day of all four seasons. And let’s practice the trick for harvesting this abundance of...
