by Javier F. Chento | Jun 9, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Remember this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak.” (James 1, 19) A group of students of the “San Vicente de Paúl” School of Barbastro, Huesca (Spain), wrote, during the activities organized on the feast day...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jun 9, 2016 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sr. Teresa Kotturan writes, “The 66th DPI/NGO Conference is the first in UN history to be held in Asia. This is organized in partnership with the NGO Community, the government of the Republic Korea and a national organizing committee.” It is organized in...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jun 8, 2016 | News, Sisters of Charity
Wouldn’t it be great if we …” has been the beginning to countless programs in the 200-year history of the Sisters of Charity of New York, programs that have responded to needs both big and small. As our mission continues to grow through our sponsored works, we witness...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 8, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“What Do I Do, Lord?” Gospel/Vincentian Discernment (Acts 1; John 15) There’s what you might call a woman’s quip about the man supposedly being the one who pursues the woman. It runs, “He chased her and he chased her and he chased her – until she caught him!” You...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2016 | News, Systemic change
Can you make impossible things happen? I had never heard of “massaging life into a wooden leg.” In Central and Eastern Europe it means making the impossible possible. Mark McGreevy, CEO of Depaul International then explains that “What I want to talk to you about this...
