Justice and Peace

Moses, Soup Kitchens and Politics

by John Freund, CM | January 3, 2018 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 1 Comment

Now here’s a thought! “If Moses acted like most clergy he would have gone down to the slave camps of Egypt and opened a food pantry. If Moses would have done that we never would have heard of Moses.” The sentence caught my attention. Just substitute "many in the...

Niagara Wire receives letter from KKK @NiagaraUniv #IamVincent @NiagaraWire

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | October 19, 2017 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 0 Comments

Student newspapers are one of the places you're likely to meet Vincentians. Today I met Ferrah Staley, who penned the following article for the Niagara "Wire." Ferrah is like Frederic Ozanam. She wrote, responding to this: by Ferrah Staley and Gabrielle Jackson Our...

Opinion: Do Black Lives Matter to Vincentians? #IamVincent #BlackLivesMatter

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | September 21, 2017 | Justice and Peace, News | 0 Comments

#BlackLivesMatter. Black Lives Matter. On Twitter, on streets, in the News. The very phrase makes temperatures rise. And it should. To be clear, Black Lives Matter does not mean no other lives matter. It means that black lives have never "mattered" and still don't...

Partners in Transformation: Nonviolence

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | August 13, 2017 | Formation, Justice and Peace | 0 Comments

There are Vincentians of Wherever who share our goals, and who encourage us to adopt further goals. Like Nonviolence. Here is something from the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative for us to consider. From Ched Myers, who is working with one of the follow up committees...