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My Favorite Image of God
As I look back over my life I realize how, over time, my relationship to God has emphasized one or another person of the Trinity.
Lover of Sinners and Outcast
Jesus is a lover of those whom religion and society shun: sinners, widows, orphans and strangers. They are dear to true Christians too. It seems the leaving out of “vengeance,” when Jesus read Is 61, 1-2, did not bother his fellow Nazareth citizens. For they still...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XVII
“…make up your mind to unite spiritual assistance to the corporal service you render.”
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentians and Catholic Social Teaching 2
Fr. Rooney reflects on the respect for human life in Catholic Social Teaching, as described by former Vincentian Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
The Congregation of the Mission: Revitalizing Our Identity
Some preparatory materials are being provided ahead of the 2022 CM General Assembly, for reflection and sharing. One of the documents is “The identity of the CM at the beginning of its fifth centenary” by Vinícius Augusto Teixeira, CM.
Pope Francis – Mothers Hold Things Together!
We hope that everything will be all right and then, like a bolt from the blue, an unexpected problem arises. Our expectations clash painfully with reality.
Quick Quiz On Homelessness (Most Will Flunk)
Everything you thought you knew about the homeless population is wrong, at least if your source is the one most people cite- the media or your own personal experience.
A Vincentian View: The Synod and the Spirit
Whenever I have taught the Epistles of Paul or instructed lectors on these texts, I emphasize that one must read these letters as if they were addressed to oneself and to a Christian community gathered to hear them.
Pope Francis – Magi School of Seekers Visiting Professor
I thought I was finished with the feast of the Epiphany for this year. Then I read the text of Pope Francis’ homily on the feast.
Program of the One Anointed with the Spirit
Jesus is Good News to the poor. To be such news is his program as the One that the Father has anointed with the Holy Spirt and sent. True to what the voice from heaven told him at his baptism, the Son takes up the Servant’s program. We heard two Sundays ago that...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XVI
The Daughters of Charity should consider the poor as their lords and masters…
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentians and Catholic Social Teaching 1
Fr. Rooney reflects on human dignity in Catholic Social Teaching, as described by former Vincentian Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M.