Catholic religious news and spirituality site "Aleteia" asks, "Can Artificial Intelligence Help the New Evangelization?" Aleteia has adopted a technology called chatbot to help people use the resources on their site. It's fascinating! For most Catholics,...
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Collaboration #3: Leadership #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the third of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
Collaboration #2: The People #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the second of a three-part "reworking" of...
Collaboration #1: The Culture #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the first of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
My Images Take FOREVER to Load…
Brian Jackson on kinsta.com says, "Trust us, you don’t want Google to hate your website. Fortunately, you can reduce your image’s file sizes to help improve your website’s performance. One problem with formatting them is that modifications often reduce their quality...
European Parliament to Host Reception and Program Honoring the 400th Anniversary of the Spiritual Family of St. Vincent de Paul
The Press Office of the international religious family of St. Vincent de Paul is pleased to share this news of the continuing celebration of the 400th Anniversary of its founding. European Parliament to host reception and program honoring the 400th anniversary of the...
Vincentians of Wherever: My Vincentian Journey Towards Simplicity & Awareness
On the Medium Blog Meet me at the Mission, DePaul graduating student Cece Metzdorff writes, When did the word “simple” obtain a negative connotation? While the dictionary may define simple as “easy,” I would like to disagree. I think simplicity is hard....
I Believe! A Creed of the Poor
I believe in those who pray and struggle, I trust in the eyes of those who weep and in the voice of the prophets, I believe in those who are persecuted, humiliated and mistreated I believe in those who have nowhere to lay their heads, In mothers who stay in the...
#IamVincent How? Organize!
Organize. The year 1617 is for Vincent de Paul and for us an indication of what it means to say "I am Vincent." The unnamed author of this reflection at our partner site, We are Vincentians, tells us "...nothing is acquired but what is given, charity is a gift of...
Social Media Channels Are Search Engines, Too
Nowadays, people don’t just go to Google and Bing to look stuff up; they also use social media channels to find what they’re looking for. Neil Patel makes this point in his Quicksprout article on why social is the new SEO: “We need to understand that search engine...