After communion, I admit to being distracted by watching the line of people coming up to receive the Body of Christ.
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by Vincentian Family Office | October 4, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
The Church has always paid special attention to new technologies in the field of communication.
by Famvin Media Resources | October 3, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. presents: three things about Miriam Teresa Demjanovich.
by John T. Maher, CM | October 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Fr. John T. Maher, C.M. reflects on his vocation as a Vincentian priest.
by .famvin | October 2, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Disciples.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
After communion, I admit to being distracted by watching the line of people coming up to receive the Body of Christ.
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Jul 28, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
“If you want to resolve street homelessness, you have to think about prevention: how do you turn off the tap?”
by .famvin | Jul 28, 2022 | Formation
Every September 1 is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, so established by Pope Francis in 2015, in keeping with the theme addressed in his encyclical Laudato Si’ on care for our common home.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 4, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus said it well. “The poor you will always have with you.” Could we not speak of welcoming and caring for our poorer brothers and sisters as an everlasting frontier?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 4, 2017 | Church, Formation, Reflections
"The Pope Video" series continues! This month, the Pope asks us to pray for Asia -- an enormous continent where people of diverse religions coexist, and where Christians are a minority. Let us listen to their testimony and learn from their openness to others....
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 3, 2017 | Formation
In celebration of All Saints Day this week, let’s look at our Vincentian Saints and Blesseds. There are ten Vincentian Family Saints: six women, four men…
by Rosemary Carroll | Nov 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Let me tell you about an encounter I had last weekend. I drove to Plymouth, Massachusetts Friday for a meeting Saturday of the Sisters of Charity Federation Associates from the Boston area. I was co-facilitating the meeting. Plymouth is where the Pilgrims aboard the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 2, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
People are always looking for the easiest answers to poverty. There are no easy answers. Practitioners of systemic change know this. They know that poverty is a complex problem. There was an critique of one of those "easy answers" published earlier this summer. The...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I remember talking to a man who was leaving a good position in his company after over 30 years on the job. He didn’t want to, but he said it wasn’t the same company he had come to those three decades ago. He lamented that it had lost its lights and heart, particularly...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Why Changing The World’s Perception Is Critical To How We Tackle Poverty
by Ross Dizon | Oct 31, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
There is, in Jesus, consistency between thought and word, also between preaching and doing. We are not Christians if we lack such simplicity. Jesus addresses this time the crowds and his disciples to reassure them. That is because a religious leader’s bad behavior,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 31, 2017 | Formation
Homelessness is a gender neutral issue, but still ever prevelant among men. The homeless population is approximately 51% men nationally, with 195 men currently taking shelter at St. Vincent De Paul-Dayton. There are many factors that effect men whether it be due to...