In this video from their “Seeds of the Mission” series, Rick Moreci, Director of Housing, Dining, and Student Centers at Depaul University, talks about their student Food Pantry.
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A Canadian View: Systemic Racism
by Jim Paddon | September 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
We in Canada must also face reality that we must come to terms with the issue of racism.
A Hometown Success Story
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | September 10, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 0 Comments
“More than 95% of those who cycle through [Project HOME]… have never again returned to life on the streets— a success rate that has made the program a model for dozens of other U.S. cities.”
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, #11: A Vincentian PQRST
by Irving Gabriel Amaro Ramayo, CM | September 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A Vincentian PQRST will involve: Pandemic, Questions, Reality, Salt, Transform.
Sacramental Speaking and Listening (Ezekiel, 33; Matthew, 18)
by Tom McKenna, CM | September 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A question often on the lips of a believer: where and how is God present in my life?
Which Labor Day Are You Celebrating?
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Is Labor Day the last hurrah of summer? The weekend to catch supposedly fantastic sales? A recognition of the dignity of work? It is all that and more!
Novena prayer in Memory of Bl. Frédéric Ozanam
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Sep 1, 2021 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Every year, from September 1 to 9, people around the world are invited to say this novena prayer for Blessed Frédéric Ozanam.
Just Pray!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 3, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
"I think daily prayer is what inspires our day–keeps us going, gets us back on track when we're a bit off," says Daughter of Charity Julie Kubasak. "Oh, sure, there are times in life when we may be feeling like we are just "putting time in" rather than praying. And...
YVC2015: Let’s Get Started
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured Videos, Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKy2SdY_joE
Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Formation
Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea - Summertime … and the livin’ is easy … fish are jumpin’… and the cotton is high …” So begins the latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women...
“Laudato Si” through the eyes of a Daughter of Charity
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Remembering those who are poor: …looking at “Laudato Si” through the eyes of a Daughter of Charity Reflections from the international site of the Daughters of Charity... Pope Francis’ recently issued encyclical contains much for a Daughter of Charity and those who...
July 4: Feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Formation, News
July 4: Feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati again and again made the choice to devote his life to the poor and indigent despite his aristocratic upbringing. In 1918 Pier Giorgio joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. By that time, he...
Still a stranger?
by Ross Dizon | Jun 30, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 5, 2015 – Ez 2, 2-5; 2 Cor 12, 7-10; Mk 6, 1-6 When I am weak, then I am strong (2 Cor 12, 10) Jesus came to his own people, but they did not accept him. Is he not a stranger to us who claim to be his own? God reveals to...
Frederic Ozanam on Building the Good Society
by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2015 | Formation
Given the profound questions Pope Francis is raising about our society it might be very instructive to take a few minutes to watch a series of videos in which Dr. Raymond Sickinger, Ph.D. leads discussion of a paper by Dr. David L. Gregory, Ph.D., entitled “Antoine...
Made for Life – We are all Called – Doing What we Can – We are Family
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jun 29, 2015 | Reflections, Vincentian Family
Made for Life - We are all Called – Doing What we Can - We are Family Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday June 30, 2015 Dear Vincentian Family: Tomorrow is Canada Day and July 4th is Independence Day. Let us celebrate with joy. Living God, fill us with...
“Forgetting who you are”
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
With this reflection, Forgetting Who You Are - Pat Griffin CM continues his series "Considering Consecrated Life" Recently, a friend of mine said something which stuck in my mind. The guidance was not original or profoundly stated, but I heard its wisdom and warning...