Vincentian Reflections: Fourth Sunday of Lent

Gospel: (John 9:1-41)  As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.  His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made...

Vincentian Reflections: Third Sunday of Lent

Gospel: (John 4:5-42) Jesus came to a town of Samaria …Jacob’s well was there.  Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well.  It was about noon. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”  …The Samaritan woman said to...

Homeless for the First Time at 73 Years Old

Maureen is smart, funny and more than a little bit feisty. At 73 years old she’s as proud of her Native American heritage as she is of her self-sufficiency. For 38 years Maureen worked with animals at the Cincinnati Zoo, and for the last 22 years she has lived in the...

Turning Miles into Mission

Making a gift to St. Vincent de Paul doesn’t always come in the form of writing a check or dropping off a box or two at the donation dock. For some local families, it’s looked more like handing over the car keys. St. Vincent de Paul accepts donations of cars, boats,...

Vincentian Reflections: Second Sunday in Lent

Gospel:  (Matthew 17:1-9)  Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.  And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to...