Formation
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A Vincentian View: A Visit to a Sikh Community
A Vincentian View: “A Visit to a Sikh Community” On this past Friday, we held an Interfaith Day at St. John’s University. This full day began at 10:00 in the morning and lasted till 10:00 in the evening as we strove to come to an appreciation of some of the different...
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Knowing Nods and Beating Dead Horses
Sometimes laughter can help us gain perspective on our efforts!
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Getting Stuff Right on Your Website
Here’s the start of a list that might help you go from getting stuff wrong to getting stufff right on your website that will strengthen your communication.
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Enthusiasm to Serve to the Bitter End
Jesus is the model of determined and enthusiastic service. His true followers also serve to the end with determination and enthusiasm. One can rebuke Zebedee’s sons for not understanding and for being ambitious. But we cannot accuse them of unwillingness, indecision...
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La Moskitia (Honduras): Catholic Radio “Kupia Kumi” takes care of the Common House
For 15 years, the San José de Puerto Lempira parish (Mission in Honduras) has been broadcasting, through the airwaves of the Catholic Radio "Kupia Kumi," to all the communities of the Department of Gracias a Dios, better known as La Moskitia (16,997 km2 of extension...
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The Spiritual and the Temporal • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
The Truth does not fear persecutions of power and does not need its favors. You confirm this separation of the spiritual and the temporal which, in my opinion, is the only one capable of ensuring the triumph of the Church. [...] Some rely on chariots, others on...
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Artwork of Louis Janmot, friend of Frederic Ozanam
See and appreciate the artwork of Louis Janmot, friend of Frederic Ozanam.
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Sheltering the Homeless in Louisiana
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul shelters women and children who are homeless in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Is there a Vincentian Influence on the Youth Synod?
Is there a Vincentian Influence on the Youth Synod? The answer is...No.. and, very definitely, Yes! If by influence you mean is there a member of the Vincentian Family at the Synod in Rome, the answer is I do not know of any. But there are many ways of influencing. In...
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A Canadian View: Home Visits to a New Canadian
The home visit is the founding action of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul which Frederic Ozanam and his fellow members began on the advice of Sister Rosalie Rendu who certainly knew how and where these young students could really seek and find Jesus Christ. I’m...
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The Ministry of Encouragement
The Ministry of Encouragement (Hebrews 12:1) There’s a wonderfully comforting image in the Letter to the Hebrews which has special application to us in Vincent’s Family. The author sets out to build up his struggling fellow believers and does this through a memorable...
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Developing a Culture of Mission
This post connects a couple of dots. The first dot is that systemic change flourishes when there is a careful understanding of the situation. The other dot is that that a culture of vocations is really a culture of mission.
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