Vincentian Family
Recognizing the Body Of Christ Today
by John Freund, CM | June 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.
United Nations Efforts to End Racism
by Margaret O'Dwyer | June 11, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
After recent events, you may ask, “What has the UN done to help eradicate racism?”
Vincentian Prayer Images: Vincent – Whose Lives Matter
by John Freund, CM | June 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
What do our tables say to us about whose lives matter?
COVID-19 and Homelessness
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | June 4, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
With the COVID-19 Pandemic uniting the world in abject pain, some of the most vulnerable are finding the situation extremely difficult to navigate.
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UN Secretary General Calls for Intensified Efforts to Implement Global Compact for Migration
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Dec 17, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
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.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: A Heritage of Reconciling
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
How did Vincent, Louise, and our respective founders embody reconciliation?
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Interview with Fr. Mike Barth, General Custodian of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 14, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family
Our founder, Thomas Judge, called us to go to the “tangled portion of the vineyard” – to places where other do not want to go or where it is difficult to serve.
Homily of the Superior General During 400th Anniversary Celebrations in Poland
by Tomasz Zieliński | Sep 25, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission took part in main celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of Vincentian Charism in Poland. On Sunday, September 24, Fr. Tomaž preached the homily during the jubilee Mass at Basilica of St. Vincent de Paul in Bydgoszcz, Northern Poland. We share it with you.
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič writes about vocations to his Confreres… and to us!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 23, 2017 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Vincentian Family
Writing to his confreres on the topic of vocations in this anniversary years, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., spiritual animator of the whole Vincentian Family addresses all of us. A few months ago, I was approached by an international leader of a lay branch of the Vincentian...
United Nations Observes International Day of Peace
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Sep 21, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The United Nations in New York is bustling with world leaders, their entourages, and security teams as the 72nd UN General Assembly is underway. Fittingly, as vital issues are hashed out in conference rooms and assembly halls today, the world observes International...
Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission Meeting in Lebanon
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 18, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission met at the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mission in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 – 26 July 2017. Participating in the meeting were: Dee Mansi, AIC; Manny Ginete, CM; Denise el-Khoury; Veronika Mila Popić, SC of...
Another Volume of “Vincentian Heritage” is Available for Download
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 15, 2017 | Announcements, News, Vincentian Family
The most recent issue of Vincentian Heritage is available for downloading both Mobi and PDF formats. Follow this link to their main page or click the image below where the download can be found by scrolling down. Vincentian Heritage is a peer-reviewed journal...
200 posts for #IamVincent @VinMissionCorps @NiagaraUniv @SJUMission
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 14, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
A LETTER TO MY YOUNG FRIENDS IN THE VINCENTIAN FAMILY Dear friends: Two hundred posts ago, I wrote: Just like you, my life is shaped by Vincent; in a real sense, however small, I am Vincent. So are you. I met some of you for the first time at the USA/Canada Vincentian...
The Commodification of Housing
by Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC | Sep 14, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“Housing has lost its social function and is seen instead as a vehicle for wealth and asset growth.” [Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing] We’re becoming all too familiar with these scenarios: families forced out of cities by upward spiraling...
World Water Week: In pursuit of SDG 6
by Natalie Boone - AIC NGO Representative to UN-NY | Sep 7, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In pursuit of Strategic Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. That was World Water week 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. World Water Week 2017 Overview More than half of households worldwide have access to clean...
FAVISAL: Dialogue with Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th Successor of St. Vincent
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 4, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family
FAVISAL (the Vincentian Family in El Salvador) share with us their impressions, after a virtual meeting with the Superior General, Tomaž Mavrič, CM, held in May, 2017: We were motivated by the closeness and warmth with which he greeted us. He made us think with the...