You are a masterpiece of His Love.

“You are a masterpiece of His love, wounded, disfigured by sin, but remade by the Redeemer, more beautiful than before.” (I Believe in Love, Father Jean C.J. d’Elbée) As our troubled world spins on, this week marks the beginning of the spiritual season of Lent. It is...

You Are Enough.

That first Christmas, Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem exhausted after their long journey and with nowhere to go. There was no room for them at the inn. There was no room for them at the inn. Mary just rode a donkey through the desert while nine months pregnant....
The Beating Heart of St. Vincent de Paul

The Beating Heart of St. Vincent de Paul

The banner outside the St. Vincent de Paul Shelter for Women and Families proclaims that “Love Lives Here,” a sign that all are welcome, all are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion, and all we do is rooted in love for God and neighbor.   On an even...

Like a Good Neighbor, St. Vincent’s There

September is National Preparedness Month, and like a good neighbor, St. Vincent’s there.   As the leaves change and seasons shift, the wind begins to blow cooler and cooler, we, like the squirrels, ought to be preparing for winter. Instead of collecting...