Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.
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Getting to #IamVincent is a Process @MountStVincent
There's a process. It's called conversion. Jonathan Ramirez class of 2018 at the College of Mount Saint Vincent (New York) has been working tirelessly to tackle the homeless epidemic in New York City. Every Tuesday during the academic year, and occasionally during the...
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Metanoia #IAmVincent
Metanoia: a transformative change of heart; especially : a spiritual conversion By: Ms. Cristine B. Amontos It all started at the St. Vincent School of Theology (SVST) last 2010 when I took Masters in Pastoral Ministry. I was introduced to a new way of doing theology...
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Ending Forced Labor in Supply Chains
The UN’s recent High Level Political Forum in New York included an event focused on an aspect of human trafficking related to forced labor in supply chains. by Margaret O’Dwyer, DC A Vincentian identity of disdaining human trafficking Compassion for human slaves and...
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When I Serve Children and Youth #IamVincent
To serve children and youth has always been part of Vincentian history. Jacey Diez, a Niagara University senior studying TESOL and elementary education, has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Our Lady of Victory Youth Service Award. Diez, of Lewiston, will be...
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A Little on Best Practices for Instagram
Are there best practices for Instagram that we should be using as a Family? .famvin is on Instagram as social.famvin and we've adopted some. Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the...
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Reusable items that are “2 Good 2 Toss”
“2 Good 2 Toss,” a Niagara University service program intended to keep reusable items out of landfills, raised $2,334.20 this May for the Office of Campus Ministry and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. For the fourth straight year, members of NU’s Vincentian Mission...
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Restoring Lives Through Recycling Electronics
Two Vincentians: Timothy Lyons, C.M., and Laura Ford, are involved in a process of restoring lives through recycling electronics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-nhEVa0qig PAR-Recycle Works, a nonprofit organization that responsibly recycles electronic waste, is...
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Spread the Message • Have Something to Say
You have opportunities to spread the message of God's love and God's justice. But you have to have something to say, and in more than just a "meme." Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., recently took the opportunity to address the graduates of Shimer College, a small...
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Flexibility and Suppleness in Your Spirituality #IamVincent
Being able to "bend" to the will of God requires this: flexibility and suppleness in your spirituality. Why doesn't the palm tree fall in a storm when the oak is ripped from its roots? Well, three things really: lots of short roots, a "bundled-together" trunk, and a...
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The Company of a Winding River
Few things in nature compare to the company of a winding river. There is a special posture of presence, an invitation to prayer, when one enters a river space. It is the paradox of rushing and calm—a simultaneous acceptance of great mystery paired with rooted...