by sjs | Nov 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
The concept behind the Advent Conpiracy (now in its third year) is simple: Worship Fully. Spend Less. Give More. Love All. See their website for various resources aimed at making Christmas the world changing event the first Christmas was. You can share your story...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Vincent just went a did things. So did Dorothy Day. On this anniversary of the her death the blog Creo en Dios offers a quote of hers that sounds like a perfect description of most of what Vincent did in his life. Dorothy Day wrote of her motivation and the work of...
by sjs | Nov 29, 2008 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Too often, strategies in the fight against hunger “are adopted which pursue particular goals rather than a holistic vision which ranks the human needs first,” warned the permanent observer of the Holy See to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2008 | Church, Vincentian Family
On the occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, the Holy Father wishes to spiritually join the action of thanksgiving of this happy commemoration and at the same time to set forward an invitation to passionately renew...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 28, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
November 29th marks the 375th anniversary of the foundation of the Company of the Daughters of Charity