Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Newmarket

The members of the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have issued a statement in response to the ongoin...

  Image credit: Vatican Media The following is an extract from the Pope's Angelus address on 10th August : Dear brothers and sisters, ha...

  By  Linda Dollard , National President, SSVP Canada reprinted from Chez Vincent Bulletin How exciting it was to see the white smoke in Rom...

  - by Guido Kelly, ONRC President. As Vincentians, in our opening prayer at each meeting we attend, we call on our Lord to be with us and t...

  “The opposite of love is not hatred,  it’s indifference… and the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” Elie Wiesel, quoted by...

  Our Lady of Guadalupe The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops remind us that on 12 December, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe , the...

  Image credit: https://allenbrowne.blog/2021/03/01/fig-trees-and-seasonal-change/ Extract from the Sunday homily by Deacon Steve. “From the...

  Image credit: https://institucionteresiana.org/en/focal-points/the-cry-of-the-earth-cry-of-the-poor I asked Meta AI, "What does Lauda...

  Jesus eats with sinners and publicans by Alexandre Bida Some personal reflections by Terry McCann Catholics are taught that when the pries...

  Image Credit: McGill University The Pope's Sunday Angelus address for yesterday reported by Zenit Biblical purity explained by the Po...

 After telling us how King Ahaz, St. Paul. and St. Joseph received the gift of divine grace which they in turn passed on to bless and streng...

  Selection by Deacon Steve “The poor, always and everywhere, evangelize us, because they enable us to discover in new ways the true face of...

Following spiritual reflection is by Denise Bondy, Chair of the ONRC Spirituality Committee. Read the original reflection on the Spiritual...

  Here is an excerpt from ' Fratelli Tutti ' , the latest encyclical letter of Pope Francis on fraternity and social friendship. Thi...

  SSVP and the World Day of the Poor The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the World Day of the Poor The WORLD DAY OF THE POOR will be held...

Here is an extract from the Pope's noonday Angelus comments on todays's Gospel about the multiplication of the loaves and fishes:...

This post draws on two articles reporting on the Pentecost Sunday homily of Pope Francis, one from the Jesuit publication,  America Magazine...

This is the last in this series of meditations on the Pope's encyclical, Laudato Si', Chapter 1, Section V - Global Inequality. Wha...

What does the Pope mean by “the present model of distribution”? 50. Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the...

Who is the Pope talking about when he references “the excluded”? Who are the “excluded” in your community” 49. It needs to be said that, ...