Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.
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Why We Need to Evaluate #IamVincent
To say #IamVincent means we recognize the need to evaluate to improve our evangelization, service and formation of leaders. Vincent knew that we must always seek God's will, and evaluate: do we stay or do we go? Let’s give ourselves to God, Messieurs, to go throughout...
#famvin400 Who am I?
A Vincentian wants to know the answer to the question, "Who am I?" Too often, we only answer the question, "What have I done?" Part of preparing for the coming 400th anniversary year is coming to know ourselves in God's eyes. Are we willing to look deeply? Listen to...
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Plunge into Service @SJUMission #IamVincent
Sister Patricia Evanick DC, Campus Minister at St. John's says, "Take the Plunge!" “We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope. And this hope will not leave us disappointed, because the love of God has been...
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SC Federation of North America: A New Web!
Kristen Blacksher, Social Media & Web Content Specialist for the Sisters of Charity Federation, writes: We’ve been working since January to create a brand new website that shares our Gospel mission of Charity to the world, with a special emphasis on making the...
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Vincentian Family International and National Leaders Gathering: January 2016
The first biennial Gathering of the Vincentian Family International and National Leaders’ Gathering was held in January of this year. Eighty participants coming from 36 countries representing 22 branches of the Family greeted and met each other in the common language...
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Justice in Education #VincentiansofWherever
Mary Arczynski, Colorado Vincentian Volunteer, talks about justice.... In school I discovered my passion for improving our societal structures, but by my senior year, I felt dissatisfied with pure discussion and felt a pull to act, to “do” something about all of the...
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#famvin400 Stranger in our midst
One of the "sub-themes" of the coming 400th anniversary year is welcoming the stranger in our midst on a daily basis. Are there people suffering right next to us? Listen to this Matt Maher song. https://youtu.be/kq3-OyRh3Zw [box type="tick" size="large"...
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Korea:Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Together
Sr. Teresa Kotturan writes, "The 66th DPI/NGO Conference is the first in UN history to be held in Asia. This is organized in partnership with the NGO Community, the government of the Republic Korea and a national organizing committee." It is organized in the context...
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A stranger is a friend who I have yet to meet
My brothers and sisters of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, it is with great pleasure that I have this opportunity to address you today on a special theme that we, as a Vincentian Family, hope to promote throughout the year 2017. As you all well know, we are celebrating, as of January 2017, the inspirational birth of the charism of the Vincentian Family.
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What is the Best Social Media Strategy?
It's a question I often get asked. I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I read... a lot! Here's the opening of an article in the "Leader Essentials" section of the web site of the American Association of University Women. I've italicized the...