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Reflections
Three Epiphany Words (Mt 2:1-12; Is 60:1-6)
This thread of “Stop, Look and Go” winds through the words and actions of this Feast of Epiphany.
From Christ’s Mass to Merry Christmas… and Back
A visitor from outer space might be forgiven for not seeing the connection between what happened 2000 years ago and the last week of December each year.
The People United Will Never be Defeated • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
"Madame, I feel obliged to inform you that, for the past year, the Daughters of Charity at Chars have been sorely tried for two different reasons, both stemming from the Pastor's zeal. One I cannot put into writing for you. The other pertains to the stability he wants...
Kennedy Love-Green Loves the World #IamVincent
When she was accepted to the highly competitive Ozanam Scholars Program at St. John’s University, Kennedy Love-Green ’17CPS felt she was answering a calling. “I was drawn to St. John’s by God,” Kennedy said. Ozanam Scholars examine and seek solutions to real-world...
Go Out To The Peripheries • 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” and the...
A Vincentian View: Hope in Ashes
A Vincentian View: “Hope in Ashes” When I play poker, I do so solely for enjoyment. You can tell that by some of the games which I will play. One may be familiar to you: “Blind Man’s Bluff.” In this poker game, each player receives one card face down. Then...
End, and of course, Beginning, too, of our Seeking
Jesus is the beginning and the end of our efforts to seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Christians should seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. To make sure we start out well and end successfully, all we need to do is follow Jesus. Jesus...
400 Years – A Time to Step Back
In a reflection “Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of the Vincentian Charism: A Time to Remember, a Time to Strengthen Our Identity And a Time for Prophecy” Fr. José Antonio González P., CM invites us to step back to see the wider horizons of our Vincentian Charism:...
Vincentians Live the Gospel – Vincentians Praying
Vincentians Live the Gospel – Vincentians Praying – New Covenant – Vincentians Embrace Faith Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Live the Gospel Mark 8:34-9:1 The true discovery of the true cost of being a disciple who is called... The Lord says that...
Open Your Eyes • A Music Video
I'm going to show my age (60). Bursting on the music scene out of Queens, New York in the mid-seventies, The Ramones are probably punk rock's best known band. Punk stripped down the rock music genre to its bare essentials, and a sub-group of this movement began to...
Giving Work and Teaching a Trade • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
“The worker De Ferrandine knows how to make thick cotton cloth with hair on one of its faces, ordinary cloth and silk cloth, that sells well in good weather; accepts to teach willing people, to work with him: he has found for sale some fully equipped workshops; it...
