by Javier F. Chento | Oct 21, 2016 | Disasters and Responses, News
For AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa there is a vicious cycle of immune deficiency, onset of infectious diseases and co-infections, and malnutrition. The result is increased illness, suffering and even death. The DREAM Center (treating HIV/AIDS patients) in remote...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 20, 2016 | Formation
All our works: parishes, hospitals, universities, novena and mission bands could be asked what we have done or failed to do historically in these works to alleviate racism and promote our Apostolate with Blacks. It is only when we see the connection in our heart and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 20, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
What did it mean to say #IamVincent in the earliest days after the “birth” of the Vincentian charism? What spirituality was born and still lives? As we ready ourselves to celebrate our 400th anniversary as bearers of this particular gift of the Spirit, we need to ask,...
by Guillermo Campuzano | Oct 20, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The Vincentian Family in Ukraine Connecting the Global and the Local levels – Advocacy at the UN I was invited last week to visit the works of the Vincentian Family in Ukraine. This was a wonderfully busy week that brought me to experience firsthand the effective...
by Pat Griffin, CM | Oct 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “Human Stories” This past Saturday at St. John’s University, we launched the first of our ongoing series on interfaith dialogue. In collaboration with the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Vincentian Center at SJU will attempt to put together a whole day...