Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.
Author
![Three-part Ozanam Series](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/07/ozanam-koder-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Three-part Ozanam Series
You may never have seen these, but they could be the basis for a three-part Ozanam series for formation! Get the group together!
![Civic Virtues, Civil Dialogue and Vincentian Goals](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/07/virtues-for-dialogue.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Civic Virtues, Civil Dialogue and Vincentian Goals
If civic dialogue about the needs of the poor and marginalized is going to move forward, Virtues can point the way.
![Award for Sickinger’s “Antoine Frédéric Ozanam”](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2017/06/sickinger-ozanam-book-facebook.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Award for Sickinger’s “Antoine Frédéric Ozanam”
Catholic Press Association of USA and Canada says that Frédéric Ozanam could very well be the Shakespeare of the indigent.
![The Gift of Vulnerability: Everyone Has a Story](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/06/community.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Gift of Vulnerability: Everyone Has a Story
Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees.
![A Visit with the Vincentian Mission Corps](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/07/vincentian-mission-corps-bella-davila.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Visit with the Vincentian Mission Corps
Here’s a lovely invitation for people wishing to give a year of service in the Vincentian tradition. find out more and click all the links!
![The Poor Have Much to Teach Us #3](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/06/poor-will-teach.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Poor Have Much to Teach Us #3
Video can be a good way for the poor to teach us. Monica, over at vinformation, suggests that we watch and ponder… and the poor will teach us.
![A Sacramental Imagination](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/07/imagination.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Sacramental Imagination
Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility...
![Programs: Vincentians in Action](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/06/programs-via.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Programs: Vincentians in Action
Creative programs for formation abound in the Vincentian Family, but too often we operate in “silos,” walled off from one another.
![The Poor Have Much to Teach Us #3](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/06/poor-will-teach.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Poor Have Much to Teach Us #2
Video can be a good way for the poor to teach us.
![Châtillon: God Works With Our Choices](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/06/chatillon-windows.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Châtillon: God Works With Our Choices
Here in Châtillon, the Confraternities of Charity began as the creative collaboration of the women of the parish and their parish priest.