by CM Communications | Jul 8, 2020 | News, Saint Vincent de Paul, Spirituality, Vincentian Family
In July, according to an ancient tradition, the inhabitants of the municipality of Casagiove, located in the province of Caserta in Campania, gather to celebrate the Vecchierello [The Old Gentleman], as he is affectionately called; the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul...
by CM Communications | Jun 13, 2020 | News, Saint Vincent de Paul, Spirituality
The Mass is the special moment of encounter for M. Vincent. It also brightened his day and he lived in an Eucharistic atmosphere which manifests itself in a very great devotion to the Mystery of the Blessed Sacrament. He is the man of the Trinity (the patron of his...
by CM Communications | Apr 28, 2020 | News, Provinces, Saint Vincent de Paul
The Philippines is a country frequently visited by calamities such as typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, fire and the latest pandemic. Indeed, there is never a year when one of these catastrophes has not wreaked havoc on our people especially the most...
by CM Communications | Apr 5, 2020 | News, Saint Vincent de Paul, Spirituality
Holy Week is a time during which the Church offers us the opportunity to deepen our relationship with the Lord Jesus through the contemplation and the celebration of the Paschal mystery. The purpose of all of this is to become like Jesus (Galatians 4:19) and thus...
by CM Communications | Apr 3, 2020 | News, Saint Vincent de Paul, Spirituality
II: THE BODY OF PRAY In an attitude of recollection, one meditates on the chosen theme (mystery, virtue, maxim) in order to discover its deepest meaning. Vincent understood the risk of reducing mental prayer to an intellectual or speculative exercise. In...
by CM Communications | Apr 2, 2020 | News, Saint Vincent de Paul, Spirituality
1.2. Ask for the grace to prayer well We can reach out to God because God has first reached out to us (1 John 4:10), revealing his saving love, calling us to participate in his life and instilling in us a desire to encounter him as the ultimate meaning of who we are....