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Month: October 2018
Fr. Michaael Nguyen, CM – I Was One of the Boat People
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/10/06/fr-michael-nguyen-cm-i-was-one-of-the-boat-people/
Niagara University Empowering Men and Women for Mission
Niagara University is empowering men and women for Mission. The new focus on broad-based lay empowerment is captured by one word added to the title of the sector responsible for university mission: integration.
Panamanian TV Reports About the People Our Confreres Minister With
John Carney, CM sends this brief piece from Panamanian TV to help us understand the Ngäbe people with whom confreres of the Eastern Province minister. What are their hopes for a special pre-WYD gathering of indigenous people in January?
Fr. Michael Nguyen, CM – I Was One of the “Boat People”
I know what it is like to flee one’s country for a better life! The rosary got me through being one of the boat people fleeing Vietnam.
The Youth Synod as an Emmaus Journey!
Thinking about the Youth Synod in Rome as a three-week long walk along the road to Emmaus.
Does God Listen to the Cries of the Poor?
In his recent FamVin article, Fr. Pat Griffin of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission offers his reflection “Does God Listen to the Cries of the Poor?”.
The Synod as an Emmaus Story
The Synod as an Emmaus Journey! I have been doing a lot of thinking about the Youth Synod that begins in Rome today. In a post on the Eastern Province website, I tried to lay out how what happens in Rome will not stay in Rome. It will affect each of us, young and old,...
A Three-week Dialogue With Our Future
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/10/02/a-three-week-dialogue-with-our-future/
This Is NOT an Appeal for Funds – Just Prayer
This is not an appeal for funds – just prayer! Seriously!
A Three-week Dialogue With Our Future
Given the stake we all have in our future as Church and Vincentian Family, this is the first of a series of posts devoted to the three week long Synod of Bishops focused on taking young people seriously, with their culture, their needs, their resources, and their weaknesses.
Fr. Dennis Holtschneider Named Chair of Niagara University’s Board of Trustees
Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., has been named Chair of the Niagara University Board of Trustees. Father Holtschneider’s role as board chair is not his first experience with Niagara University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics education from Niagara in 1985 and he returned to Monteagle Ridge to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating […]
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!