John Freund, CM
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DePaul University – Chinese leadership initiative
Hugh O’Donnell, C.M. describes the Chinese Leadership Initiative that DePaul University has hosted for three years. It has welcomed thirty priests and twenty-five sisters from China to a month-long workshop on leadership.
New online “Vincentian Leadership Program” launched in Australia
The program launched on Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 is significant for several reasons. First, the offering of a leadership program within the Vincentian tradition and in partnership with a member of the Vincentian family based on the other side of the world, and secondly, the program was being launched in the year that the Society is marking 160 years of leadership and service in Australia.
Following in the path of Francis and “deep listening”
Many followers of Vincent, Louise, Elizabeth and Frederic have learned that Pope Francis has commissionsed showers for the homeless under St. Peter’s colonnades. On Monday 17th of November work will begin to renovate the public restrooms for pilgrims: there will be a space for homeless people to wash. Ten parishes in Rome will do the same. The story is simple but there are implications.
Brother Mark Elder CM makes an art of spirituality
Brother Mark Elder CM makes an art of spirituality He is the creator of some of the most striking murals in the United States and elsewhere, uses art in his quest to help the poor and disenfranchised.
Vincent de Paul and Mohandas Gandhi: Five Commitments That Sustain Leadership
An unsigned essay from at Vincent on Leadership - the Hay Project at DePaul University explores the theme "Vincent de Paul and Mohandas Gandhi: Five Commitments That Sustain Leadership" Though they lived centuries apart, Vincent de Paul and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi...
“The Hail Mary: Prayer of Angels, Saints and Sinners”
Reflecting on the theme “The Hail Mary: Prayer of Angels, Saints and Sinners” Rev. Michael Whalen, CM, will preach the Solemn Novena in preparation for the Feast of the Miraculous Medal. Bishop Raymond Chappeto will be the Principal Celebrant and Homilist at our Feast Day Mass on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at 10:00 AM
Did our work change after the elections?
Did our work change after the elections? The issues of the people we serve are still the same: generational poverty, job loss, minimum wage, homelessness, lack of documented status, etc. Inspired by the teaching of the Church, our advocacy will persevere, trying to remove the obstacles that keep people in poverty. Their needs seem only to grow larger as time passes.
Vincentian weekly reflections and Sunday bulletin inserts
Looking for something to nourish you Vincentian soul? The 2015 Vincentian Reflections and Vincentian Bulletin Announcements are now posted on the National Website www.svdpusa.org.
Formation rooted in a theology of Mission
From August 25-29, the formation session on “the theology of the mission” (promoted by CLAPVI) took place in Fazendo de Engenho/Caraça (Brazil). Forty-seven persons participated: twenty-nine priests, three deacons, one brother, seven seminarians in their first year of studies and seven Daughters of Charity.
Haiti Initiative Seeks Board Members with Business Knowledge
Haiti Initiative Seeks Board Members with Business Knowledge – The Initiative would like to expand its Board of Directors by asking people with business experience to help evaluate such business opportunities and operations.