In his first major sermon, Jesus names a group of people normally thought to be unfortunate and of no account. He pronounces them “blessed.” Jesus flips the script to show how different his mission was from what people expected.

Beatitudes for Bishops seems spot-on for leaders in the Vincentian Family and all who see themselves as servants of the poor after the model of St. Vincent following Christ the Evangelizer of the poor.

At the same time as she instructed Catherine about the Miraculous Medal, Mary also asked Catherine to form youth groups. Listen to the hopes of these Vincentian Marian Youth today.