Jesus is our Savior. He saves us from sin and frees us from those with sacrilegious claims. And he gives us his Holy...
Reflections
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XIII
The servant of the poor must be poor himself, must suffer the hunger and the pain of the poor.
Keep Jesus Christ in Our Hearts
Jesus is the Son of God and the Brother of all men and women. To belong to his family means to keep in the heart his...
Forgive us our Debts as we Forgive our Debtors
Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors: Mercy and Justice in the Political and Economic Sphere – Part I We begin with a dream (or perhaps more accurately a fantasy). What, if in the days following what we now refer to as 9.11, people’s minds and hearts turned...
Vincentians of Wherever: Celebrity Activism
Celebrity activism sometimes gets a bad rap. Many of us who are aficionados of contemporary music are, in our own ways, mourning the death of the artist called "Prince." Most people know him because of his outlandish sartorial style, his gender-stretching image, and...
Tipping points – Siddhartha, Vincent, Ozanam… and you
In his book Mister Vincent, J Patrick Murphy quotes Malcolm Gladwell who writes about tipping points - the time when things come together to tilt the scale of life to something new. For Vincent, the tipping point primarily came from two events in 1617, starting in...
When I teach reading #IamVincent @Niagara University
Kathleen McGrath loves a good book. As lead faculty member of the College of Education’s Family Literacy Center (FLC) at Niagara University, McGrath said she believes “Reading can very powerfully change the trajectory of a life.” Through her Niagara graduate school...
All Booked Up, but #IamVincent @DePaulMission
This story was created on June 14th, 2013, in Golden, Colorado. It was created during the year end retreat for the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers. Find out more about their organization: http://www.covivo.org/. Thanks again to DePaul University Office of Mission and...
Even before I knew it, #IamVincent @SJUMission
"Growing up in an American," says Angela Seegal, "Italian in a family of eight, concepts like 'sharing,' 'making it go further,' 'taking only what you need,' were always part of my vernacular. My parents both came from humble beginnings, and made the conscience...
Three Things which you didn’t know about Easter
Vincentian View: “Three Things which you didn’t know about Easter” We are halfway through the Easter season, and it is a good time for a short test. 1. Did you know that Easter is the pivotal celebration of the Christian calendar? Though Christmas might seem to hold...
Firefighters and Electrical Engineers
by Mike Clark – When I explain my work in the field of collective impact and systems design, I have some go-to phrases, like:
Glory and new life through love
Jesus reveals to us the way of love that leads to glory and the new life. Judas leaves to carry out fully his betrayal. It is night, which does not mean that the light no longer shines in the darkness. Divine glory still shines brightly. Jesus speaks of it to his...
