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!
Reflections
A Vincentian View: A Simple Man
I would love to have people describe me as “a simple man.”
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.
Near to us is the saving Word of God
Jesus is near us so that he may save us who cry out to him and call on his name. No one is more near to us than Jesus, the Word made flesh and dwelling among us. He is “God-with-us.” He is near us in many ways. He is within our reach in the least of his brothers and...
Abraham’s Tent on Vincentian Campuses
The call to erect "Abraham's tent" on Vincentian campuses is an unrecognized opportunity for conversion, evangelization and mutual dialogue. In “Hospitality on a Vincentian Campus: Welcoming the Stranger Outside Our Tent,” a forthcoming article in Vincentian Heritage,...
God’s Family
God's Family - Faith to Spread the Light of Christ - Worth Every Penny - Open My Eyes Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday February 9, 2016 Vincentian Family: Please pray for one another and those we serve. Your work is important and cannot be done well...
Lenten Letter to the Family: Resources
We are happy to present the Lenten Letter to the Vincentian Family in Slideshare (presentation) format. We hope you will enjoy using it for reflection throughout the Lenten Season. In some ways it will allow you almost literally to walk alongside him and the thoughts...
#IamVincent @ NU Vincentian Service
Jacey Diez, a student dedicated to Vincentian service, is in her final year at Niagara University, majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language (K-12) and Elementary Education (6-12) with a minor in Theatre Performance. The poor have much to teach you, and you...
Who am I? Who loves me?
Who am I? Who loves me? These are some of the questions that Sr. Janet Gildea, SC asks in "Getting a Life This Lent." E-Voc is the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering what new thing God is...
#IamVincent @ DePaul Service Immersion
In "Experiencing Vincentian Hospitality," Quinton Foshag unveils the transforming power of service immersion experiences. In my first ever experience living in the Vincentian House of Charity, I was so amazed by the love and compassion that Sister Monica and Sister...
#IamVincent: @ St. John’s University
This is the first of a series of "#IamVincent" from St. John's University. It's time that we knew the stories and lives of Vincentians all over the globe.[Ed.] At the heart and center of the Queens campus of St. John’s University stands St. Thomas More Church. This...
Master and Teacher thrice holy
Jesus is our Teacher and Master, which also means we must learn to do everything that he commands and teaches by words and works, and to proclaim his Gospel. Setting aside his experience and knowledge as a fisherman, Simon believes in the words of the carpenter from...
