Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.
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Team: Collaborative style in systemic change
Team. We say it often. In our efforts in collaboration for systemic change, we spend a lot of time trying to find people with the right talents, and the right capacities. But we pay less attention to creating the right atmosphere for a particular mix of personalities....
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Now on Social: The GrantSpace Blog
Often these days, a blog gets overlooked. Why? Because it doesn’t talk about missionaries, or ministers. It talks about volunteers. For sure, there is a great difference in a person who comes to serve because they are called: a vocation to ministry; or because of...
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Vincentians of Wherever: St. Louis
Always found near the poor, Vincentians of Wherever are doing the work of Vincent with constancy and care. Their intimate knowledge of and relationships with real people who struggle to emerge from poverty is what makes them Vincentians. They are meek — approachable...
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Austin, Texas: Love is our Mission
In Austin, Texas, moving toward the opening of their new Vincentian Family Center is exciting news! The Society of St. Vincent de Paul shares the excitement with the Family all over the world. The open house and tour was a rousing success! Over 300 volunteers and...
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Francis: God is Love
Photo By Christoph Wagener - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26614990 Pope Francis addressed the participants of a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘Deus Caritas Est.’ The...
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Going above and beyond: #IamVincent @NU
Being Vincentian means going above and beyond what is considered "good" or "merciful." Alisha Battaglia graduated cum laude with a B.A. in adolescence and special education from Niagara University in 2015, and is studying toward a master’s degree in literacy...
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The Spirit bestows charisms @DePaul
The Spirit blows where it will. Sometimes institutions help. Edward Ward's story is a special one. "A young black man lies on the icy floor of a family friend’s first floor apartment. There is no heat, and temperatures in the house are below freezing. He is enrolled...
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#IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism
Watch this short video and then we'll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5DWa2bpbs Can you see? Remember how Vincent talked about simplicity? "He added that simplicity was a virtue that...
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Consecrated Life and Humanitarian Crisis of Migrants/Refugees in the 21st Century
100 people coming from various countries and religious congregations have joined together in Rome from 22nd to the 25th of February to reflect on the role of Consecrated Life in the humanitarian crisis of millions of migrant/refugee men and women in the world today....
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Vincentians Serve! #IamVincent @StJohn’s
This past Winter break, January 10-15, students of St. John’s University traveled to Germantown, PA as a part of the university PLUNGE program. One of many service immersion programs offered each year, so named as students “plunge” into a new community and commit to...