The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has been awarded the “Charity in Hope” Medal.
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UN Secretary General Calls for Intensified Efforts to Implement Global Compact for Migration
The placement of International Migrants Day a week before Christmas is fitting. There are many parallels between the Holy Family and families who are on the move today.
New President at St. John’s University
The St. John’s University Board of Trustees announced the unanimous election of Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. as the University’s 18th President.
Saints are not heroes!
At least that is what Pope Francis thinks! Pope's Mass: Saints are not heroes, they are sinners that bear witness to Christ During his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis talked about the path to holiness. He explained that saints are not heroes, but sinners that...
Sisters of Charity commission their first responders
Sister Luke reports, On Sunday, May 4, nine members of our Disaster Response Ministry were commissioned and blessed during the 10:30 a.m liturgy at Nazareth as they respond to the disaster in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. Please keep them in prayer. Patrick...
“Sell your desk!” – Francis, the Vincentian
Pope Francis told the Archbishop in charge of the Vatican’s charity, “Don’t wait for people to come ringing. You need to go out and look for the poor.'”
The Surprising Humor of St. John XXIII
The Surprising Humor of St. John XXIII - Father James Martin. SJ writes on the US Bishops blog... One night, in the late 1980s, during a retreat as a first-year Jesuit novice, I was poking around the retreat house library when I should have been praying. By chance, I...
What Francis highlighted about the two Popes
In his homily during the canonization Pope Francis highlighted things he learned from the two saints according to RomeReports POPE FRANCIS "These were two men of courage, filled with the parrhesia of the Holy Spirit, and they bore witness before the Church and the...
John Paul II, John XXIII – Vincentian trivia
John Paul II – member of the Vincent dePaul Society, beatified Ozanam; John XXIII cure a Daughter of Charity
Daughters of Charity – Relic of John Paul II
An extraordinary relic of John Paul II held by Daughters Of Charity. Sister Amelia Cicconofri, D.C. Sister Servant of the Regina Mundi Provincial House of Daughters of Charity, presents and explains the relic they are taking care of. It is a T-shirt which John Paul...
Vincentian Family faces catastrophic floods
The Vincentian Family lives and ministers in this area hit with catastrophic floods. According to Independent Catholic News... "At least 19 people have died and 40 are missing due after huge floods hit the Solomon Islands and in particular the capital Honiara. In one...
Pope’s encyclical to be on the environment
The Vatican, through the pope's press spokesman, announced that Pope Francis is working on his first encyclical, dealing with the environment. Not surprising that he chose this topic since it is a theme he has often broached. On March 16, 2013, Francis stated he chose...
