by Beth | Sep 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes clear what it means to have eyes and a heart for those who are poor. Those who follow him are to have eyes and a heart for them also. Jesus, yes, has eyes and a heart for those who are the poor. That is to say, he is aware of those who are poor and suffer...
by Beth | Sep 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Do you remember any Sermons? Most visitors to Vincentian Mindwalk have heard anywhere from hundreds to literally thousands of sermons. Opps, I mean homilies! How many do you remember ? Any that changed your life? In the Vincentian Mindwalk, I offer a taste of a sermon...
by Beth | Sep 20, 2024 | Featured, Formation, Reflections
As usual at this time, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, President of the Executive Board of the Vincentian Family, has sent a reflection to the entire Vincentian Family on the occasion of the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul on September 27: Rome, 20 September 2024 Two initiatives...
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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, 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....
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.