by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 17, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Two strategies. One goal. Community Organizing. Collective Impact. Older folks will remember community organizing. Confrontational — but it got things done. For the past ten years, the “collective impact” strategy has moved to the fore. But the two...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 17, 2017 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections
Catholics often struggle to explain doctrines to their friends (Catholic by birth and/or non-Catholic). We often think “everyone knows.” We have assumptions. John Kane, in his Denver Post commentary “Holy day highlights Catholic “assumptions” about...
by Andrea Varela (JMV España) | Aug 17, 2017 | Disasters and Responses, News
It is dawning again in Alhucemas and we go back again to the daily routine, but the moments, the laughter and the presence of God is renewed. We savour the time, we do not get bored, there is always something to do. It is a blessing for us to see life through these...
by Catherine Prendergast , DC | Aug 17, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE End extreme poverty in all forms by 2030. Yes, it’s an ambitious goal— but we believe it can be done. In 2000, the world committed to cutting the number of people living in extreme poverty by half in 15 years and we met this...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Aug 16, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Expecting and Seeing (Matthew 13:13) Some time ago I went to see a touring art exhibit featuring Monet’s water lilies. Laid out in three big murals that were hung together, it wrapped around the room to give the visitor a sense of being right there at the pond’s edge....
