by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 4, 2016 | Formation
Get to know a useful resource. There is growing dissatisfaction with the USA process of electing a president and strong support for efforts to rein in the power of money on campaigns. Perhaps this is a problem in your country, too. In the latest national poll...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Sep 3, 2016 | News
“A violent clash of opulence and poverty is shaking the ground under our feet. Our duty as Christians is to throw ourselves between these two camps in order to accomplish by love what justice alone cannot do.”- Bl. Frédéric Ozanam Living in a time of...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Take care of your people; celebrate small successes.
by Dan Stockman | Sep 3, 2016 | News
Four weeks ago, Sr. Ruth Hoerig got a rare chance to spend some time with her good friend Sr. Margaret Held, who was back in Milwaukee for a visit. Over lunch, the two School Sisters of St. Francis talked, laughed and reminisced. And Hoerig tried to talk Held into...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
…teaching people to fish is not enough to solve the problems of today.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 2, 2016 | Formation
August 30 was the feast day of Blessed Ghebre-Michael. Learn the story of this fascinating Ethiopian priest in a visual slide presentation.
by Elizabeth Astridge | Sep 2, 2016 | News
“So, I gave it a shot, took some weeks, but finally I arrived at Depaul House. And I thrived in that atmosphere because that’s all I wanted to do. I wanted an opportunity to show myself that I could. I did pretty good. This system works with you and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Reconciliation in the Anniversary Year When people are hurt, they shut down, they have entered another kind of deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there’s no answer. People adopt a Code of Silence because they are afraid. Vincentians are called to serve body...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 1, 2016 | Church, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Violence is sometimes the fruit, sometimes the cause of poverty. Non-violence has deep Christian roots. To say #IamVincent means to commit to a stance that rejects violence, so the poor will not suffer. As Christians committed to a more just and peaceful world we are...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 1, 2016 | Congregation of the Mission, News
Here you can download the official photos of Very. Rev. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., successor to St. Vincent de Paul.