Our new video describes how St. Vincent’s spiritual vision evolved over the years, as he was influenced by his collaborators and by persons he encountered who were living in different forms of poverty. Based on the essay “Vincent de Paul in Châtillon: The birth of a new spiritual vision” by Jaime Corera, C.M.
Pope Francis says “inside every Christian is a Jew.” “Every day, I pray with the Psalms of David. My prayer is Jewish, then I have the Eucharist, which is Christian.”
In “On the outside looking in” Dee Mansi offers reflections on the increasing social isolation of the elderly and what the AIC (Ladies of Charity) are doing about it in Great Britain.
Parishioners are encouraged to pray this novena in preparation for the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul by beginning on September 18 and ending September 26. The feast day follows on September 27. The novena can be started anytime that one wishes to reflect on the teachings of the Saint.
The Vincentian Family mobilizes on climate change and will be there when New York City will host the largest climate march in history according to the organizers of The Peoples Climate March.