On the occasion of the commemoration of Saint Vincent de Paul, Pope Francis has written a beautiful reflection to all of us who live the Vincentian charism, which we reproduce below:
Month: September 2017
A True Vincentian Vocation
Thw Society of St. Vincent DePaul, the Ozanam and Catholic scholars, faculty fellows from the Vincentian Center for Church and Society also attended the Mass and dinner afterward.The theme for the event was based on Sunday’s Gospel: “You, too go into my vineyard.”(Mt. 20:1-16) Vincentian Family members were challenged to see our charism as not being 400 years old, but rather as 400 years young.
Provincial of Mexico reports on Vincentian Family in Aftermath of Quakes
Father José de Jesús Plascencia Casillas, CM, Visitor of the Province of Mexico, has sent us the following report about the situation of the Missionaries and the Vincentian Family.
Imagining the moment when Vincent died
Fr. Pat Griffin imagines the moment when Vincent died. What did it feel like at the moment to the many important people of the day… and to those on the margins?
+ Fr. John Crowley
Rev. John Anthony Crowley died on Monday, September 18, 2017 at the age of 86 after a long illness.
Vocations – Feast of St. Vincent Letter from Superior General
As we enter the second half of the jubilee year, I fervently renew this invitation to each confrere individually, this time concretely directed to the consecrated life, to put every effort possible into helping youth answer Jesus’s call.
The Things I Learned (in Kindergarten)
Evoking one of my favorite insights of the great theologian Karl Rahner, “forgotten truths”, Fr. Robert Maloney reminds the Vincentian Family of forgotten truths about our role in creation.
Vincentian Values and Systemic Change at Niagara University
Niagara professor and student collaborate in the kind of social analysis that is part of understanding systemic change.
The Annunciation – Opportunitiy for Christan-Muslim Dialogue
This second reflection on how Mary can serve as an opportunity for discussions with Muslims focuses on an event recorded in both the Quran and the Bible – the Annunciation.
Solidarity and Collaboration Among People on the Margins
Our parish in North Carolina, Our Lady of Guadalupe, exhibits solidarity and collaboration among people on the margins.
Irma Update – SVDP National Disaster relief
People need help in all of Florida, parts of Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Help the St. Vincent de Paul Society help them!
The Best Kept Secret of the Vincentian Family
What is the best-kept secret of the Vincentian Family? Hint – It is the same as the best-kept secret of the Church.
Dolores C Madden (nee Pieber)
Funeral arrangments for Fr. Carl Pieber’s sister.
+ Dolores Madden + Sister of Fr. Carl Pieber, C.M.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Carl Pieber’s sIster.
Sleeping in a Martyr’s Room
“In this way, the lives of our dear ones will not be lives which will one day be forgotten. Instead, they will be present whenever we strive to be prophets not of tearing down but of building up, prophets of reconciliation, prophets of peace.” Pope Francis
+ Mariann Walsh + Sister of Gerry Mahoney, C.M.
Prayer requested for the repose of the soul of Gerry Mahoney’s sister.
A Vincentian Looks at Grandparents Day
On this day designated as Grandparents Day, I find myself not only thinking of my own biological grandparents but also their equivalents in my Vincentian Family.
Eastern Province Solidarity with DACA
In light of the Vincentian Family celebration of the Year of Welcoming the Stranger leaders in the Eastern Province are speaking out.
A Talented Scientist and Researcher Responds to God’s Call
Scott Jakubowski: From NASA to St. Vincent’s “Little Company”
Fr. Maloney – The Faces of our 5th Century
The fourth chapter of Fr. Maloney’s book “A New Century Dawns: Hopes for the Vincentian Family,” does not give us faces of the Vincentian Family in its fifth century. But, true to form, he offers us five facets or characteristics that would express his hopes of the profile for lay women and men in the Church of the future.
US Bishops Labor Day Statement – Echos of Ozanam
Among the many insightful things contained in this year’s powerful Labor Day statement of the United States Bishops, some passages especially caught my interest as echoes of Ozanam.
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Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!