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by Beth | Sep 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
One of the occupational hazards of people who study religion and theology is to equate ideas with the force behind them. It’s true that lofty ideas can have a way of motivating and inspiring. But when set against the power they exhibit when felt in the attractiveness...
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by Beth | Sep 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
What does that really mean? Few English-speaking Catholics in the US who have not sung Marty Haugen’s hymn “All are welcome!” “All are welcome! All are welcome! …Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live.” Sunday worship as a metaphor Yet,...
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by Beth | Sep 17, 2024 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org It is probably the case that while most members join the Society in response to a call from the Holy Spirit, they don’t yet fully understand the Society as a vocation. And although we do not take solemn vows like members of...
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by Beth | Sep 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Christ on the cross is the last of all and the servant of all. He puts to shame all those with ambitions to be the first and the greatest. Like most of us, the disciples of Jesus, for sure, have their ambitions. After all, they, too, have the right to be better....
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by Beth | Sep 17, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation, Other Branch News
Founded in 1652 under the patronage of Saint Chaumond, Bishop of Lyon in the 7th century, the Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond has survived the centuries by remaining faithful to its original mission: the education of young people in all fields of their person,...
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by Beth | Sep 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“[SOLIDARITY] IT IS A FIRM AND PERSEVERING DETERMINATION TO COMMIT ONESELF TO THE COMMON GOOD; THAT IS TO SAY TO THE GOOD OF ALL AND OF EACH INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL.” – POPE SAINT JOHN PAUL II The French origins of Blessed...
Westminster Abbey began as a Benedictine monastery in 960 AD. The Abbey is rich in history and could tell many stories.
On this Feast Day we encourage you to start or continue reading St. Vincent's correspondence often, to be spiritually fed and supported by his guidance.
The “Educa Já” Project, an ongoing initiative by SSVP Brazil in São Paulo/SP, reaffirms the importance of education in human development and social inclusion.
St. Vincent de Paul and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton weren’t holy card or fairy-tale figures, but flesh and blood human beings who struggled with earthly dreams.
The Second Convocation of the Vincentian Family, November 14-17, will be a space to listen to the diverse voices within the Family, including ordained, married and single lay people, and all those committed to the Vincentian charism.