Mark, as any good pastor would, uses Jesus stories circulating in oral tradition to help a community understand how the gospel is “good news”… even in the face of catastrophe and persecution.
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...
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.”
The Future of Charity – Vow Institute
Recently a group of "under 10's" were blessed to share a week with Fr. Pat Griffin, past Director General for the Daughters of Charity, focused on the theme “Follow Me: The Vows as Response to a Call.” Sr. Roberta Treppa, DC shares the following reflection from the...
Pocket Guides to the Vincentian Family
Interested in "Pocket Guides" to the Vincentian Family? Vinformation has resources for you. The Vincentian Family Tree, the pioneering work authored by Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC (Chicago: Vincentian Studies Institute, 1996), traced in exact detail the roots of the...
VFCAP Cameroon – Fourth Day
VFCAP Cameroon - Fourth Day The day began with the celebration of the Eucharist and on this occasion, Father Serafin, CM, who had just arrived from Central Africa, joined in the celebration. After reminding the participants about the material of the previous day,...
Robert Maloney – To Do list for Pope Francis
Robert Maloney, C.M., the former Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, lives in Philadelphia, Pa. He offers the following "to do" list for Pope Francis. Dear Pope Francis, On March 13, you told the world: “I have the feeling that my pontificate will be...
What does Laudato Si really say about the poor?
"Laudato Si" contains 61 instances where Pope Francis references people who are "poor". Here they are listed in the context of the paragraphs in which they appeared. Note: This is not meant as an outline of the Pope's thought but simply as a collection of his explicit...
“Do we unintentionally ignore the good will inherent in other faiths.”
Dave Barringer, CEO of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, at the end of this reflection wonders whether "we unintentionally ignore the good will inherent in other faiths." He is currently in Rome at the invitation of the US Bishops for a three day event with Buddhist...
” We trivialize our charism…” – Prophetic words – Sr. Gertrude Foley SC
" We trivialize our founders and our charism, if ..." - Prophetic words - Sr. Gertrude Foley SC It was almost 20 years ago at one of the first major gatherings of the Vincentian Family in the US that Sr. Gertrude Foley, SC offered the reflections below. As we begin...
Pope Francis – See, Judge, Act
Pope Francis - See, Judge, Act A prominent theologian remarks on the structure of the encyclical Laudato Si of Pope Francis. He points to the See - Judge - Act methodology. The following highlights this methodology for the followers of St. Vincent de Paul and...
Life insurance
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), June 28, 2015 – Wis 1, 13-15; 2, 23-24; 2 Cor 8, 7. 8. 13-15; Mk 5, 21-43 For your sake he became poor (2 Cor 8, 9) Death no longer has power over Christ. Does it still have power over us who have been baptized into his death...
