Aidan R. Rooney, C.M.
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![VFCAP Venezuela](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/09/vfcap_venezuela.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
VFCAP Venezuela
From VFCAP representative Remberth Falla: Around 80 Vincentian Family members from the eastern part of Venezuela are together to participate in the Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP). The program is going forward with joy and enthusiasm. We're all...
![The CLAPVI Itinerant Mission](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/09/clapvi.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The CLAPVI Itinerant Mission
Collaborating now with the mission of the Daughters of Charity in Beni, Bolivia are four Vincentian priest-missionaries. Sr. Geralda McCluskey, D.C., originally from the USA and now stationed in the mission, coordinates the missionaries as they serve the “priest-less”...
![Story Booth: History Recorded](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/09/storybooth.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Story Booth: History Recorded
Making memories on video is now a common family practice. And our family is no different. We've followed the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and their "Story Booth" project. It was a private space in the lobby of the Rhode Island Convention Center where Vincentians...
![Want New Members? Go Mobile!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/09/mobileapps.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Want New Members? Go Mobile!
For those recruiting new members and those working in vocation ministry in the Vincentian Family the verdict is in. The coming generation has gone mobile, and it's not going back. Pew research states, Much of this frenzy of access is facilitated by mobile devices....
![A Prayer for and with Frédéric Ozanam](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/09/oz-quote.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Prayer for and with Frédéric Ozanam
...in the hope of obtaining a miracle through his intercession (watch in silence) https://youtu.be/BBnvmUyXeRo (pray each paragraph slowly) Lord, You made Blessed Frédéric Ozanam a witness of the Gospel, full of wonder at the mystery of the Church. You inspired him to...
![Art as Prophecy: A Man for Our Times](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/08/1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Art as Prophecy: A Man for Our Times
Seeking Justice & Redemption, Shining Hope & Love People associated with the Germantown Systemic Change Initiative (Philadelphia, PA, USA) often find creative ways to address continuing structural issues that surround impoverished people and frustrate their...
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Twitter as Your Organizer
If you really want to make the most of Twitter, you should treat it like a typical newspaper: Each subject matter should be split up into a different section. While Twitter has offered the ability to curate Lists around specific topics for a long time, they have...
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Keys to Online Meetings
There have been years of research dedicated to the preparation and execution of successful meetings. But how often have we heard the words, "boring!" or "useless" when evaluating the seemingly endless meetings we are invited/compelled to attend? We're Vincentians --...
![Searching for the Truth in Love](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/08/VinFamRelationships1024x701.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Searching for the Truth in Love
Facilitating personal relationships At Psychology Today, Pamela Rutledge writes Humans are social animals. The need to connect is a primal drive. Even our most basic needs, such as food and safety, have always been accomplished by humans as a group. We weren’t...
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At VinFormation: the First Confraternity of Charity
Over at our sister site, VinFormation, we read, On August 22, 1617, St. Vincent founded the First Confraternity of Charity at Chatillon-les-Dombes. The Confraternities later became what we know today as the AIC (International Association of Charities). In preparation...