by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 13, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
As I sat and watched my almost 3-year-old daughter dancing back and forth about 50 times in our upstairs hallway Saturday morning, all I could think about was how wonderful God is to put me on the path I am on. The path that kept me in Western New York, close to...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 12, 2016 | News
The international conference “The religious and migrations in the 21st century: perspectives, response and challenges,” organised by the representation before the United Nations of the Passionists International, the Congregation of St. Joseph, Augustinians...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Papal perspectives on the living of the Gospel have always shaped and challenged the Vincentian story. It is part of our Lenten Shift, metaphorically “shifting gears” in Lent. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can...
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 12, 2016 | Church, News, Pope
The third video of “The Pope Video” series, an initiative promoted by the Vatican, was released Thursday, March 10. In it, the Holy Father explains his intentions for universal prayer and evangelization. Every month we will see a new two-minute video from...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 11, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Hope sometimes is in short supply. Vincentians give many things and struggle for many things. It’s worth the struggle. This article from Niagara University (text and photos) tells it all. It is 10 o’clock on a Monday night, and New Yorker David Loewenguth,...
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 11, 2016 | Formation
March 11: Anniversary of the Canonization of St. Louise de Marillac In different times we hold up different models as examples of holiness. In our present time, we find holiness in people such as [Saint] JPII, Mother Teresa and Sr. Dorothy Stang. They were people so...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 11, 2016 | News, Other Branch News
NON SEQUITUR @2013 Wiley Ink, Inc. Dist. By UNIVERSAL UCLICK. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. You shouldn’t need a slap upside the head to realize that you are called to be a Servant Leader. Sr. Alicia Martin, D.C. led the January Reflection Weekend...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In “A Journey to Discovery: Volunteering, the Vincentian Way,” Jan Roelrey Tecson of Adamson University writes about “…life-changing experience was so striking that I continued to join the summer missions even after I graduated from...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Who is SSVP London? Probably not too different from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in any location around the globe. SSVP London is dedicated to serving the immediate needs of the poor in the London community. In 2015, we were able to provide over 7000 adults and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 10, 2016 | Formation, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
AIC’s Natalie Monteza was Facebooking up a storm on International Women’s Day (March 8). Guillermo Campuzano, C.M. — the C.M. representative at the United Nations — wrote me about this, too. Here’s a good summary of what the U.N. is up...