by Communication Cont | Sep 30, 2019 | News
This word is derived from the Latin mortificare … a word formed from mors or mortis meaning death and the suffix ficar from the Latin fiacre, the root facere which means to do or to make. For Vincentian de Paul mortification is one of the essential characteristics of...
by CM Communications | Sep 26, 2019 | News, Spirituality
Introduction Mortification is a virtue that is a bit ‘out of fashion’ today. It disturbs. It is hard to talk about it for risk of going against the grain. It is neither understood nor accepted, because it seems to go against the fulfillment of the person, as well as...
by Communication Cont | Sep 25, 2019 | News
En la mente de Ranquines A team from the historic program, Pueblo de Dios, on Channel 2 of Spanish Television, traveled to Salamanca last April to report on the trajectory and operation of the Day Center, “Ranquines,” for people with mental health problems. This...
by CM Communications | Sep 23, 2019 | News, Provinces
From August 19 to 23, 2019 the members of the Province of Oceania gathered for our Provincal Assembly. We were blessed by the presence of 3 newly incorporated confreres from Fiji and Papua New Guinea as well one of our students on his pastoral Placement. We gathered...
by CM Communications | Sep 21, 2019 | News, Spirituality
Some commentators define this virtue as the vocational virtue and in doing so, give it meaning for the present day. Vincent de Paul understood that gentleness was exhibited in a gracious and cordial manner that wins the heart and attracts others. In one of his...
by Communication Cont | Sep 18, 2019 | News, Spirituality
There exists other names for this virtue, such as sweetness and gentleness. It is closely linked with the virtue of charity, as an essential component. St. Vincent had great consideration for this virtue, and he worked hard to develop it in struggling with his...