An app for Catholic social teaching
A new iPhone and iPad application from a Washington, D.C., think tank aims to spread Catholic social teaching through Church documents, news and commentary. So writes the Catholic New Agency. The Ethics and Public Policy Center said its free app is “a great resource...
A Vincentian fish story from Haiti
Vincentian Family Fish Farm in Central Plateau Breaks Ground Nine acres of carefully selected land in Haiti’s Central Plateau will become the new home for 25,000 baby tilapia, or “fingerlings,” in early 2014 as the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launches a...Same ole same ole?
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), February 16, 2014 – Sir 15, 15-20; 1 Cor 2, 6-10; Mt 5, 17-37 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation (2 Cor 5, 17) Jesus, with his announcement of the kingdom and his lifestyle, represents conversion and newness. But radical...
A rear view mirror look at vocation
78 years earlier “Seeking a Steadfast Friend and a Bit of Adventure” Originally posted on the blog “Sprit of the Daughters of Charity. The following was written by Sister Mary Zita McLaughlin, D.C., who, after 78 years of vocation, passed away in...
Vincentians DC Catholic Social Ministry Gathering
From February 2-5 the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering took place in Washington DC, it’s theme was: “Becoming a Church that is Poor and for the Poor.” Four of our SJU students Gina, Cara, Laura and Anna along with many other members of the...Serious conversation?
“Communications is not “the transmission of content” but rather “the reduction of distance.” Pope Francis. These word of Pope Francis came to mind when reading “Serious Conversation? byTim Williams CM, Provincial Director of the...
They kept coming… The story of POTS
Part of the Solution, or POTS, was opened in a storefront on Fordham Road in 1982 by Fr. Ned Murphy, SJ, Tim Boon, and Sister Jane Iannucelli, SC, (current President of the Sisters of Charity) to help feed those living in poverty in the Bronx. This video tells the...
Conference call… in real life!
For many in the Vincentian Family conference calls have become an inescapable fact of life. For an insight into what happens all to often …
Saturday Study Hall – Vincentian women
Pope Francis has said “”Women are asking deep questions that must be addressed. The church cannot be herself without the woman and her role. The woman is essential for the church. Mary, a woman, is more important than the bishops.” For this...
What the Daughters of Charity pray about
Each day the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise post thoughts taken from the writings of Vincent and Louise which they use as inspiration for prayer. Here is a recent sample… FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 “I never weary of praying to our good God for you, so...
