by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 23, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
We all need to be telling the world about the charism in this anniversary year. Here’s an idea. Share these images — “Faces of the Homeless” — and the accompanying text on Facebook. Share the images and the last two lines of the...
by Tomaz Mavrič, CM | Feb 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate the 400th anniversary during this year 2017. The first of this new series, “The Globalization of Charity” and the...
by Natalie Boone | Feb 23, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
February 11 They shall teach the little girls of the villages while they are there. They shall strive to train local girls to replace them at this task during their absence. They shall do all this for the love of God and without any remuneration (SWLM:729 [A.54])....
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 22, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “Hope in Ashes” When I play poker, I do so solely for enjoyment. You can tell that by some of the games which I will play. One may be familiar to you: “Blind Man’s Bluff.” In this poker game, each player receives one card face down. Then...
by Jim Claffey | Feb 22, 2017 | Formation, News, Systemic change
On February 14, a workshop on Systemic Change was started in Guatemala by two members of the Commission for Systemic Change. Here is the information we received from the first day: Two members of the Family’s Commission for Systemic Change arrived to the city of...
