Fr. Rooney talks about issues for which the Vincentian Family needs to lead a cry for repentance. This week: Sometimes we forget who it is we serve!
Formation
All of a Sudden…
We are witnessing the high price to be paid for freedom, and the slow and arduous road to building peace through dialogue and negotiation.
Heart Transplants – Physical… and Spiritual
I remember well the stir caused when Christian Barnard in 1967 announced the first successful human heart transplant. Newly ordained, I joined with people around the world rejoicing in this miracle.
Buen provecho!
Buen provecho! Tracy Kemme, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, in her monthly column for Global Sisters Report for the National Catholic Reporter, reflects on lessons she first began to learn some 7 years ago in Ecuador. She offer much food for thought in...
Vincentians are like punters
Vincentians are like punters says David Barringer, CEO of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul. In his weekly column Your Servant Leader October 22, 2015 he compares Vincentians to punters. My son is a college football player. Well, sort of. He is on a college team but...
Letters of Frédéric Ozanam: soon available in Spanish
Letters of Frédéric Ozanam: soon available in Spanish Excellent news for Spanish-speaking Vincentians : after five years of study, research and translation, the Spanish edition of the letters of Frédéric Ozanam will soon see the light of day, with the permission of...
Someone Who Knows – Reflection by Fr. Tom McKenna
In his reflection titled Someone Who Knows, Fr. Tom McKenna, reflects on Downton Abbey's 'upstairs-downstairs' structure and someone who knows both sides. (Hebrews 4: 14-16; Mark 10:35-45) In the letter to the Hebrews, and then again in Mark, we come across two...
Bridge, not roadblock
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), October 25, 2015 – Jer 31, 7-9; Heb 5, 1-6; Mk 10, 46-52 You are a priest forever (Heb 5, 6) Jesus is our High Priest, the only Supreme Pontiff really, the bridge-builder that gives us human beings access to God. Tested in every...
Vincentian Service of Charity – Choose Happiness
Vincentian Service of Charity – Choose Happiness - Remembering – Vincentian Pilgrimage Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday October 20, 2015 Greetings Vincentian Family: Always take time to pray for one another and especially our youth, our future. We always...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret
The Sisters of Charity of St. Joan Antida are an international community founded on April 11, 1799 by Jeanne Antide Thouret. At the age of 22 and after seeing a vision of hands reaching out to her through a cloister grille, Jeanne Antide decided to join a community...
On Paying Attention – Fr. Pat Griffin
The Vincentian Family needs to continue to pay attention to the wisdom which surrounds us and particularly which arrives from places where we (perhaps in our pride, perhaps in our distraction) are not prepared to recognize it.
Pope Francis on World Mission Day 2015
Highlights from Pope Francis on World Mission Day 2015 The missionary dimension, which belongs to the very nature of the Church, is also intrinsic to all forms of consecrated life, and cannot be neglected without detracting from and disfiguring its charism. Being a...
