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You are Invited: Symposium of the Vincentian Family 2017
March 8, 2017 Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! It is with great joy that I invite you to come to Rome on the weekend of October 12 – 15, 2017 for a Vincentian Family Symposium. Our Jubilee theme “Welcome the...
Vincentian Mission Corps USA announces new site
It is with great excitement that we announce the launch of our new website! We hope you find it more user friendly and easier to navigate! The site also includes our new logo! Thank you to all the alums who voted on the new design! We hope you like it! Please take a...
Forsake the Ways and Thoughts of the World
Jesus teaches us to forsake the ways and thoughts of the world. Replacing them with those of God, we become fools before the world, yet wise before God. To forsake the needy is a sure sign that one follows the ways and thoughts of the world. And the parable of the...
Analysis at a Vincentian University: One of the Pillars of Systemic Change
Systemic change must be guided by good analysis. Teaching, learning and doing that analysis is part of the mission of a Vincentian university. Dr. Jim Kling, associate professor of management at Niagara University, and Alex Keller, ’15, recently had the paper,...
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The Dangers that Haunt our Mission • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
One thing could stop and lose us: to alter our original spirit; the pharisaism that makes the trumpet sound before self; the exclusive esteem of itself that does not know virtue in other places than the preferred corporation; an excess of practices and rigor, which...
Vincentians Learn from Scripture
Vincentians Learn from Scripture - Vincentians are Loving Servants - Vincentians Show Others the Way Vincentian Learn from Scripture “Oh! How beautiful and consoling. It is not easy, but if we wish to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy, quiet life. It...
Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission Meeting in Lebanon
The Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission met at the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mission in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 – 26 July 2017. Participating in the meeting were: Dee Mansi, AIC; Manny Ginete, CM; Denise el-Khoury; Veronika Mila Popić, SC of...
Vincentian Charism: Infographic
In celebration of our 400th anniversary we offer this infographic on Vincentian Spirituality and Charism.
Racism: A Key factor in Promoting Systemic Change
There are many factors at work which frustrate efforts at systemic change. One of them is racism. Toure, a regular blogger at vice.com writes For some white people, whiteness seems less economically valuable than it was decades ago. It's as if white privilege doesn't...
A Kind Teacher, but also Fair and Severe #AnecdotesVF
Yet with all his kindness, his students had not found Frederic Ozanam an easy-going master. On the contrary, he was, as a Professor, exceptionally severe. As an examiner he gave no quarter. He so mistrusted his natural tendency to indulgence that conscientiousness...
Is your sight growing stronger with age?
It took Vincent until midlife to begin to see clearly. By the end of his life. seeing Christ in the beggar was not merely poetry.
The Pope Video: Parishes
How are Vincentian Parishes doing? https://youtu.be/4fllasWmJEE
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul exhibits at the UN – Geneva
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, and the International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul are organizing an exhibition of photos from 18 to 23 September, at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, on the...
A Prayer to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton at the Start of the School Year
A story about the Seton Shrine and children as they begin their studies this year.
Another Volume of “Vincentian Heritage” is Available for Download
The most recent issue of Vincentian Heritage is available for downloading both Mobi and PDF formats. Follow this link to their main page or click the image below where the download can be found by scrolling down. Vincentian Heritage is a peer-reviewed journal...
200 posts for #IamVincent @VinMissionCorps @NiagaraUniv @SJUMission
A LETTER TO MY YOUNG FRIENDS IN THE VINCENTIAN FAMILY Dear friends: Two hundred posts ago, I wrote: Just like you, my life is shaped by Vincent; in a real sense, however small, I am Vincent. So are you. I met some of you for the first time at the USA/Canada Vincentian...
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