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Following Vincent – “Wherever He Went Good Things Happened”
Let’s get right to the point! Do good things happen wherever you and I go? Why is this question important? For at least two reasons! We call ourselves Christians, followers of Christ. And of him, it was said, “You know what has happened throughout the...![Does Laudato Si matter to you?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/06/laudato-si-vin-family-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Does Laudato Si matter to you?
Was Laudato Si a “blip” or a “game changer”? An important question, no doubt. But a more important question for us is, does Laudato Si matter to you…and the Vincentian Family? Someone recently said of the Church “We’re collectively the...![June 16: Canonization of St. Vincent de Paul](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/06/canonization-st-vincent-featured-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
June 16: Canonization of St. Vincent de Paul
June 16 was the anniversary of the canonization of St. Vincent de Paul. Read the story of his canonization.
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Sr. Elizabeth Sjoberg: Joy and purpose lead to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Sr. Elizabeth Sjoberg: Joy and purpose lead to the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Whether she’s striding down a hallway, arms swinging jauntily at her sides, perched on a stone wall at Chicago’s Millennium Park chatting with a friend, or...![Why We Need to Evaluate #IamVincent](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/05/evaluate-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Why We Need to Evaluate #IamVincent
To say #IamVincent means we recognize the need to evaluate to improve our evangelization, service and formation of leaders. Vincent knew that we must always seek God’s will, and evaluate: do we stay or do we go? Let’s give ourselves to God, Messieurs, to go...#famvin400 Who am I?
A Vincentian wants to know the answer to the question, “Who am I?” Too often, we only answer the question, “What have I done?” Part of preparing for the coming 400th anniversary year is coming to know ourselves in God’s eyes. Are we...![Vincentian Family at the U.N #WithRefugees](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Family at the U.N #WithRefugees
What is the Family doing in response to the widening crisis of refugees? Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, informs us that they are involved at the United nations with World Refugee Day June 20. Humanity is experiencing its worst refugee crisis since World War II. By...![Plunge into Service @SJUMission #IamVincent](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/sju-iav-FB.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Plunge into Service @SJUMission #IamVincent
Sister Patricia Evanick DC, Campus Minister at St. John’s says, “Take the Plunge!” “We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope. And this hope will not leave us disappointed, because the...![I Feel Your Pain](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/fr.-griffin-reflections.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)