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New Year’s Letter from Bro. Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity
First of all, we wish you all a blessed and peaceful 2022. Thank you for the many wishes we received and we hope to share with you that blessing and peace in the new year.
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentians and Catholic Social Teaching – Intro
Fr. Rooney draws on a sketch of Catholic Social Teaching by former Vincentian Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
The Company of Charity and the Laudato Si Action Platform
We gathered to share how the Charity charism could be a resource for us as we engage in Pope Francis’s seven-year journey to integral integrity expressed in the LSAP.
Strengthening our Service #IamVincent @NiagaraUniv
Sometimes we need help in strengthening our service. Here's an example of how a Vincentian institution tries to take the best that the academic community has to offer in order to serve the poor better. Vincent was always after that. Do you want to say #IamVincent?...
#famvin400 If we are the body we make people welcome…
One of the "sub-themes" of the coming 400th anniversary year is welcoming the stranger in our midst on a daily basis. Is there room for people to join our cause? Listen to this Casting Crowns song. https://youtu.be/SExJ9od-0zQ?t=8s [box type="tick" size="large"...
susanjoan.wordpress.com Podcasts #IamVincent
Podcasts have been around a while. Sometimes you're on a train or a bus and you have some time to reflect and you just need something to listen to, but music isn't it and the news isn't it. .famvin has a friend in Susan Stabile. Who is she? Spiritual director….retreat...
The “stress of poverty” and systemic change
The culture of poverty, characterized by feelings of marginalism, dependence and exclusion, originates within the family, starting in childhood. Social and behavioral sciences recognize “poverty stress” beginning at a very young age. For almost nine years, Dan...
Pray in a Busy World #IamVincent @SJUMission
Bro. Mike Sheerin, FMS, writes, "How might we pray in our busy world? Remembering Vincent DePaul as a man of prayer which rooted and anchored his actions, we are invited to do likewise." Much of what is being written on the spiritual life these days indicates a...
Remembering Fr. McCullen
For some months, the Daughters of Charity in the NY area had been in touch with me on the issue of preparing a memorial service for Fr. Richard McCullen, CM. Sr. Julie Cutter, DC, and Sr. Catherine Prendergast, DC, and I became the members of a planning group which...
Vincentian Family examination of conscience for systemic change
Where does the rubber hit the road on systemic change? - In a Vincentian Family examination of conscience on systemic change! At the end of a fine article collaboration is to dream together/ Javier Chento presents us with what amounts to an examination of conscience...
Revelation in its fullness, love that is limitless
Jesus is the fullness of God’s revelation, and we Christians are to make Jesus known. We sometimes try so hard to explain Christian revelation that we end up understanding it even less. More deplorable still are the excommunications churches decree solemnly against...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (3)
3. Vincentian cooperation in the administration of goods ... In the society and in the streets, there is this implicit or explicit idea that the Church and its religious congregations and institutions are more concerned about maintaining and managing theirs assets...