Formation

Gestures and Words That Heal and Proclaim

Jesus opens our ears and makes loose the strings of our tongues.  He enables us to make gestures that heal and speak words that proclaim God’s kingdom. Amazing magic for the sake of a deaf and mute in a place where pagans live?  If this is what Jesus’ gestures make us...

Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? IX

“…the direction in which missioning moves— toward the poor people of the world, trying to be God’s love for them, and at the same time finding in them God’s love.”

Vincentian Feast Days This Week

August 30 is the Feast Day of Blessed Ghebre-Michael, and September 2 is the memorial of the Congregation of the Mission’s Martyrs of the French Revolution.

From DePaul University: Cultivating Student Success By Providing Information Technology Services

In this video from their “Seeds of the Mission” series, Tyneka Harris Coronado talks about her work as a project leader in Information Services at DePaul as being a mix of Servant Leadership and Vincentian Personalism.

Petty and Narrow Self-Interests

Petty and Narrow Self-Interests

Jesus dies for us sinners.  That is how the God of unfathomable goodness proves his love for us as petty and stingy as we are. Our petty desires for gain, power and security hinder the revelation of truth.  And not knowing the truth leads to people’s...

A Vincentian View: 2417

A Vincentian View: 2417

A Vincentian View: 2417 400 years. For the universe, or the pyramids, or the Judeo-Christian faith, it does not seem like such a long time, but for human life it really is. In this year, as we all know, we celebrate the 400th anniversary of our Vincentian charism....

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