Three Takes on Being a Mystic: #3
Yesterday we examined the second of “three takes” on the idea of Vincent as a “mystic of charity.” Now it’s time to look at the third. Don’t have the letter at hand? Click here for lots of versions, or click the image that follows...
Evangelized By Those Who Are Poor
What is revealed to me through the lives of those living in poverty? Do I allow those who are poor to evangelize me? In this presentation we examine the saving power of those who live in poverty-– how our encounters with them and the example of their lives can evangelize us.
Laundry Trucks: Providing Homeless with Clean Clothing
It seems like all types of mobile service trucks are popping up these days – starting long ago with the beloved ice cream truck and more recently food trucks, fashion trucks and now…laundry trucks? It’s not your typical mobile service truck, but it...
Three Takes on Being a Mystic: #2
Yesterday we examined the first of “three takes” on the idea of Vincent as a “mystic of charity.” Today we’ll look at the second. Don’t have the letter at hand? Click here for lots of versions, or click the image that follows for...
Welcome to the World of “Both/And”: A Word for Leaders #IamVincent
Many have said that being Catholic means to adopt a position of “both/and”: grace and nature, present and future, corporal and spiritual. It shouldn’t be news to Vincentians. Often, the organizational demands placed upon leaders — and that...
Women are Active Agents of Peace and Development
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality are at the heart of the Transformative Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, adopted by 193 countries in September 2015. Agenda 2030 states, “The achievement of full human potential and of sustainable development is not...
Three Takes on Being a Mystic: #1
In his letter to the Vincentian Family for St. Vincent’s Feast, successor to St. Vincent Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., invited three Vincentians to explore three different views — three takes — on the idea of Vincent as a “mystic of charity.”...
Looking Out Through New Eyes
Looking Out Through New Eyes (Philemon 9-10, 12-17) Some weeks ago, Mother Teresa was raised to the status of a canonized Saint. And though there are many aspects of her life and spirituality to admire and try to imitate, I pick up on one that comes through in this...
The Three Verbs of Systemic Change
What are the verbs of Systemic Change? Father Robert Maloney, C.M., former Superior General writes: Systematize, institutionalize and evaluate the project and its procedures, describing measurable indicators and results. In this strategy, all three verbs are...
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People are signing up for their Vincentian Telegram! Don’t be left out 🙁 Wouldn’t you like to be part of a select group of people who receive a daily “telegram from Vincent”? Why not sign up now and receive daily Vincentian Family quotes and...
