by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Mar 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“Monsieur, Louise de Marillac, widow of Monsieur Le Gras, secretary to the Queen, Mother of the King, very humbly supplicates Monsieur des Roches, Rector of Notre-Dame de Paris, informing him that the sight of the great number of poor in the Saint-Denis district...
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
During Lent we orient ourselves toward Jerusalem/Calvary, where we’ll follow Jesus through the last week of his life. This Slideshare, based on one of the Lenten letters of Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M., invites each of us to ponder our own life and death. Download PDF...
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 3, 2017 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The visit of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, sparked joy in the village of Akamasoa: “I came to share with them the joy and bring the presence and affection of Pope Francis. You know that Pope Francis is very close to the poor. He is a great...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Our friend and “Vincentian of Wherever,” Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at National Catholic Reporter. I wonder how the country might change if we Christians doubled down on our Lenten observance this year — not just as individuals focusing on our...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
We’re all looking to refresh our Lenten practices. As Family with a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother, why not walk the 40 days with Mary? Kathleen Beckmann writes: Mary enriches our spiritual journey always. Perhaps we can consider living the Lenten season...
by Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC | Mar 2, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
To a certain degree, many of us relate to Laudato Si from a land perspective. We ask ourselves, “am I recycling and composting, going solar, watching my use of electricity?” and the like. But Pope Francis, within the Encyclical, also calls us to pay attention to the...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Talk, Speech, Deed (1 Cor 2: 1-5) In one of the many commentaries on the quality of the rhetoric in the recent campaign, I came across a distinction I had never thought of – the difference between talk and speech. Talk, whatever comes to you on the spot, or from off...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2017 | News, Systemic change
Vincentian University – race and equality – systemic change! That is quite a bit to put in one headline. Yet with the inauguration of the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equality and Mission these three concepts come together. It is also a...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 28, 2017 | News, Social Media
Lou Dubois of Inc. says, “Despite the change in technology, the press release remains one of the best ways to get your message out. But writing a press release for social media is not like writing a traditional press release. Before digging in, however, it is...
by Ross Dizon | Feb 28, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is God-Man. He himself unmasks the deceit in the devil’s tempting suggestion: it is either God or man. From the perspective of our faith in the Word made flesh, we cannot but reject such tempting suggestion. It is not true that one must choose either God or...
