To us who live in a time when extremes on the left and right of the spectrum seem glaring, St. Paul comes with this counsel for keeping on course. “Do not conform yourselves to this age. But be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” To paraphrase him, “
Month: March 2018
Catching up on Vincentian Values Week Five
Experience the final week of Vincentian Values through the stories of people inspired by St. Vincent de Paul.
Holy Week in Two Minutes – Busted Halo
Busted Halo offers this two-minute overview of Holy Week. You might consided sharing it with some friends.
Bishop – Parish is a “community of communities”
The Bishop asked our confrere, Father Norberto Ábrego, CM, to make of the new parish entrusted to him a “community of communities”!
Catching Up on Vincentian Values – Week Five
Experience the Vincentian Values through the stories of people inspired by St. Vincent de Paul. Through the 40 days of Lent, a new story will be shared daily. Make it your Lenten challenge to dive into the five Vincentian virtues of simplicity, meekness, mortification, humility and zeal.
The Humility of Not Taking Gifts for Granted
Father Tom McKenna lifts up the heritage and treasures from Louise and Vincent we might have taken for granted.
Catching Up on Vincentian Values During Lent – Week Three
Experience the Vincentian Values through the stories of people inspired by St. Vincent de Paul. Through the 40 days of Lent, a new story will be shared daily. Make it your Lenten challenge to dive into the five Vincentian virtues of simplicity, meekness, mortification, humility and zeal.
Fr. Jack Timlin Prepares for Ministry in Kenya
What is it like to prepare for his new ministry of preparing students in the Internal Seminary of Novitiate in Kenya? Fr. Jack TImlin shares his impressions from his first visit to Kenya where he will soon begin ministry.
What does being “simple as a dove” really mean?
“Be simple as doves” It is an expression well known even beyond Vincentian circles. But I for one never thought to look into why the dove is used as a symbol of simplicity.
Vincentian Solidarity in Action around the World
.St. Vincent De Paul taught his confreres to serve the poor through collaborative, innovative, and sustainable ways. The Vincentian Solidarity Office, physically located on the grounds of St. Vincent’s Seminary in Germantown PA. is making that possible by its funding of just such projects in various parts the world.
Prayers for recovery of Fr. Joe Daly, CM
March 9, 2018 Please pray for Fr. Joseph Daly, C.M., who is recovering from hip replacement surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. The surgery was successful. Thank you.
Are We to be Signs of the Times?
We can show living and breathing testimony that the Kingdom of God is here in our midst and is ever more steadily bending toward goodness.
Catching Up on Vincentian Values in Lent – Week Two
Experience the Vincentian Values through the stories of people inspired by St. Vincent de Paul. Through the 40 days of Lent, a new story will be shared daily. Make it your Lenten challenge to dive into the five Vincentian virtues of simplicity, meekness, mortification, humility and zeal.
Our Lady of the.. Highway? Hitting the Road in a Mobile Chapel
Can you imagine a chapel on an 18 wheeler crisscrossing the United States Interstate Highway system serving truckers? That is what is happening in Brazil!
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!