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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…

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Contemplation: A Spirit of Poverty

By 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…

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Contemplation: One Society, One Rule

By 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…

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Contemplation: Whose Coat Is It Anyway?

By 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…

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Contemplation: A Cycle of Love

By 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…

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Contemplation: Joy In Gratitude

By 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…

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Contemplation: Providing What is Needed

By 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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