Elizabeth Astridge
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See – Judge – Act…Disrupt and Rebuild!
Fr. John Freund has covered the topic on .famvin many times: See – Judge – Act. It has been covered with regards to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, and in a three-part series in relation to Systemic Change. It is a reflection/action process that is very familiar...
Germantown Nonprofit Offers Ex-Offenders Temporary Jobs
"There's all kinds of valuable things inside of a computer — gold, copper, and all kinds of precious metals. And there's all kinds of precious things inside these men," said Ford. Philadelphia Reentry Reporting Collaborative, Author: Aaron Moselle PAR-Recycle Works, a...
Raise Young Vincentians
Whenever we attend any Vincentian Family Gatherings, Matt and I always introduce our children (who are ages 3 and 1) as the littlest Vincentians of the Family. While we constantly have the “raise little Vincentians” voice in the backs of our heads, I wonder, do all...
Sr. Agnes Walsh, DC, Honored for Sheltering Jews from the Nazis
A religious Sister who sheltered Jews from the Nazis has been honored with a plaque in her home town of Hull. Sister Agnes Walsh, who died in 1993, helped to save a Jewish family from deportation while at a convent in southern France during the war. She was recognized...
The Pope Video: Welcome the Needy
Welcome the Needy, which is part of "The Pope Video" series promoted by the Vatican, was released Thursday, February 2. Every month we will see a new two-minute video from Pope Francis with his intentions and a motivating message. [youtube...
Sisters of Charity Federation – Welcoming the Stranger Among Us
Each month, the Sisters of Charity Federation will be posting images from Charity Federation archives that demonstrate how these congregations "Welcome the Stranger Among Us," the theme of the 400th anniversary of Vincentian charism. This first month, the photograph...
Pope Francis: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time
In our Vincentian Family Commissions meetings last week in Rome, one of the topics raised and discussed on more than one occasion was communications. Questions discussed were how are we communicating across commissions, how we are communicating with the Vincentian...
Sisters of Charity: Rebuilding Lives with Love
We are always on mission. We are always trying to live, be and do what being a Sister of Charity is all about. Because this is who we are. In our good days and our bad days, we are sisters of Charity. - Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC President Enjoy the video and description...
DePaul Art Museum: “The Many Faces of Vincent de Paul”
DePaul Art Museum will offer two winter exhibitions, "Four Saints in Three Acts" and “The Many Faces of Vincent de Paul: Nineteenth-Century French Romanticism and the Sacred.” Both exhibitions open Jan. 26 and run through April 2. “Four Saints in Three Acts,” will...
Four Soon-to-be Saints Who Were Born in the USA
Living in the United States, it is easy to get the false impression that saints only come from Europe, especially if someone attends daily Mass — the liturgy celebrates the lives of numerous holy men and women who lived in a place and time very much removed from our...