As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or “prequel” of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in Christian tradition and echoed in Vincentian heritage.
John Freund, CM
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International Youth Commission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Karl Michael Hila reports on Facebook about an International Youth Commission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentian Family Haiti Commission meets in Phildelphia
The Commission of the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative met at St. Vincent’s Seminary in Philadelphia earlier this month as they closed the fiscal year and marked the end of its first three- year strategic plan.
How do young adults fit in the larger Vincentian Family?
In 2013, DePaul’s Office of Mission & Values (OMV) commissioned a CARA study of “Unaffiliated Lay Vincentians.” Dr. Scott Kelley, assistant vice president for Vincentian Scholarship for OMV, shares the survey’s results & what they mean for the larger Vincentian Family.
The Death of America’s oldest hospital
The Death of America’s oldest hospital. Founded as a hospital for the poor, Charity Hospital technically opened their doors in 1736 and was built on the goodwill of a dying French merchant. It was run by the Daughters of Charity and served the city of New Orleans for close to 300 years. Now there is an award winning documentary/
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...
