I would love to have people describe me as “a simple man.”
Formation
Sustainable Development Goal 16: Welcome to “The Enabler”!
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
Mark’s Gospel – Coping With a New Normal
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.
Connect and Learn: Daughters of Divine Love
The Daughters of Divine Love Congregation by the special grace of God, without affiliations to any foreign Congregation is the first veritable indigenous Congregation of Women Religious, the fruit of the labour of the early Missionaries in Nigeria. Founded in Ukpor in...
Serve: Germantown Systemic Change Initiative
The Germantown Systemic Change Initiative (GSCI) is a project aimed at improving the lives of the vulnerable citizens of the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia by building meaningful collaboration among community-based organizations and creating a collective...
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...
