Contemplation: Heroic Virtue
By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development The word “courage” often brings to mind images such as a firefighter rushing into a burning house to save a…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development The word “courage” often brings to mind images such as a firefighter rushing into a burning house to save a…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development “All those who have experience of public charity,” wrote Bl. Frédéric in 1848, “know that the poor are never better…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development It is probably the case that while most members join the Society in response to a call from the Holy…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development Catholic Social Doctrine teaches us the principle of the universal destination of goods, under which we recognize that all things…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development It is from St. John of the Cross that we get the phrase “dark night of the soul,” which we…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development “Who do the people say that I am?” Christ asked of his disciple, before asking, “And who do you say…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development We serve, our Rule reminds us, for love alone. [Rule, Part I, 2.2] This does not mean we do it…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development In the times that our work seems difficult, and the problems of the neighbor or our Conference seems overwhelming, there…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development Serviens in spe, reads the Society’s motto, Serving in Hope. Hope can be a powerful feeling, a state of mind…
read moreBy Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development One of the central tenets of Vincentian spirituality is trust in Divine Providence. We are called to trust that God…
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