“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Catechists.
Reflections
I Predict the Synod will…
The Church has begun a three-year process focused on not only truly listening to each other.
A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Two
I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Two discusses poverty.
The “Good Works Team” @SJUmission #IamVincent
On Tuesday, February 7, St. John’s redshirt senior Sandra Udobi was named to the 2017 Allstate Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Good Works Team®. The team honors college basketball student-athletes who have shown dedication to bettering the lives of...
Your Call • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate the 400th anniversary during this year 2017. The first of this new series, "The Globalization of Charity" was already...
Repenting From Fear to Trust
Repenting From Fear to Trust (Matthew 4: 17) In Matthew’s fourth chapter we come across what you might call the very first word in Jesus' very first sermon, Repent! Which means at base “to turn around.” And so the gospel, “From that time on, Jesus began to...
Social Media’s Impact on Relationships
In a relevant article for all of us "social media addicts," Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. reflects at PsychCentral. Happy Valentine's Day! Human beings yearn for connection and belonging. Numerous studies have linked social support to positive mental health....
Peace and Reconciliation at All Costs
Christ is our peace. He breaks down, through his flesh, the wall of hatred that separates us from one another. Justice and peace are what the commandment, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” seeks. It forbids vengeance like that of Lamech, who boasts, “I...
Jesus Wants to Help Vincentians – MARK 7:14-23
Jesus Wants to Help Vincentians - MARK 7:14-23 - God Always Wants to Work With Us – Vincentians are the Salt Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast - Happy Valentine's Day! Jesus Wants to Help Vincentians The kingdom of God surpasses all human limitations. He calls us and...
AIC: 400 Years (Video Presentation)
We present you a video prepared by the International Association of Charities (AIC) which, during 2017, celebrates the 400th anniversary of its founding: AIC – International Association of Charities – is a network of 150,000 local volunteers, mainly women, who work in...
Vincentians of Wherever: The Heart of Saint Vincent Continues to Beat at “le Berceau”
Arriving at Dax on February 6, 2017 by the TGV (France’s high-speed train service) at night, Frédéric was a little late to take me to the Berceau of Saint Vincent de Paul. He immediately told me: "The migrants have arrived." And added: "These are mostly single women...
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Alike [video]
We present a short video, Alike, that is worth seeing. In eight minutes we watch the story of a father and his son, who live similar situations. The issues that arise in this video are many and important: depersonalization, the struggle against the system, freedom,...
