Snowflakes, and Vows, that wake up the world
Although community is largely what draws me to this vocation, I did not previously understand how deeply woven it is into poverty, celibacy and obedience.
Wise Asset Management in Kenya
Exploring strategies for systemic change, wise asset management and grant writing is the focus of a gathering the Vincentian missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya these days. Sharing wisdom and seeking wisdom to move from subsidy to self-sufficency is the theme of the event....
FamVinES on Social Networks
Our Spanish speaking users of the FamVin network can now keep up on the go with the latest news of and from the Vincentian Family on our social media sites Facebook "famvin" and Twitter "famvinES", or anyone can click the "social" link on the black navigation bar...
Lenten Online Discernment Retreat
Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested
60 Seconds with Sister Julie Kubasak, DC
How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister
Would a Missionary give up Swahili (Facebook) for Lent?
What’s the first thing a missionary does? Learn the language. This is the language of the world we live. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. You could go “okay, I don’t like Swahili.”
Stir into flame… Tom McKenna CM
The “Stir Into Flame” is from 2 Timothy 1: 1-8 — plays on Paul’s line here, and also Vincent’s “If love is a fire, then zeal is its flame.”
The lure of the desert
First Sunday of Lent (B), February 22, 2015 – Gen 9, 8-15; 1 Pt 3, 18-22; Mk 1, 12-15 An appeal to God for a clear conscience (1 Pt 3, 21) Driven into the desert by the same Spirit that descended on him at the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the leader of the new exodus....
XT3 2015 interactive Lenten calendar
An interactive Lent Calendar 2015, featuring Indigenous artwork from Richard Campbell as well as images of our Catholic faith through the eyes of Indigenous Australians.
How do you Sisters do it!
When one looks at what dedicated women religious have done in health care, educationand in general, going to the peripheries” the question naturally arises. So just how do sisters keep writing “new chapters” in their lives?