There are hardly any words in all the gospels more blunt than the stark ones Jesus proclaims in Luke’s 14th chapter.
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How Many of Us Have Reimagined Labor Day?
I am willing to bet that most of us think of Labor Day as marking the last hurrah of summer or a day of supposed “fantastic sales.”
Bother Those of Strict Observance
Jesus shows us God who is rich in mercy. He welcomes sinners and eats with them. This does bother not a few folks....
Vincent Showed Us… With Help from Women
Vincent showed us how to change systems St. Vincent showed us how to do systemic change… but he did not leave a formal manual or even call it "systemic change." Vincent was not what would today be called a "systems thinker.” Vincent was what I call a “systems doer.”...
Why I Gave the Bishop a Pokémon Game @NiagaraUniv
Recently, thanks to the folks in Campus Ministry, I had a great conversation with Bishop Malone and 18 other students. We had a chance to ask about current events, situations in schools, and just hang with the Bishop, which was a blast. This meeting gave me the...
A Grandmother Travelled to Kenya … to Work as a Volunteer
Several media outlets have informed on the journey of "the grandmother Irma" to Kenya, to work as a volunteer in an orphanage that she had supported economically over the years, and that was founded by a missionary from her region, near Venice (Italy). The news,...
First Systemic Change National Congress in Panama, February 15-18, 2018
"The different forms of poverty increase day by day in the current situation in our country." This challenges us and makes us strongly feel the need to collaborate in an effective and affective way, looking that our projects in favor of the most need be an alternative...
Reflection: One’s Personal Plans vs. God’s Plans
Sixth presentation in a series of reflections by Fr. Rolando Gutiérrez, CM, Vice-Province of Costa Rica.
A Vincentian asks, “Where is God?”
In the last 8 months of my experience of Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, my heart and spirit have often been left restless and waiting for hope of God’s love and healing in our world. During these short months we have seen firsthand the effects of injustice, whether...
Venerable Vincentian Voices speak on Almsgiving
Two venerable Vincentian voices speak to us from the past on almsgiving. Do you recognize them? What do they say about seeing the person to whom you offer alms?
In Our Own Words: New Book on Religious Life of the Present
Sr. Tracy Kemme of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati wrote a chapter in the new book, In Our Own Words, which was published on January 25 by Liturgical Press. Dan Stockman of the Global Sisters Report writes about the book below. Young women religious who have been...
Tired, but Faithful and Loyal
We have started Lent and I have asked myself why Jesus, the Son of Mary and second Person of the Trinity, accepted the passion, crucified death and the resurrection. The answer seemed simple: for being faithful to his mission decreed in eternity. Before dying he said...
