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#IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism
Watch this short video and then we’ll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition. Can you see? Remember how Vincent talked about simplicity? “He added that simplicity was a virtue that makes us go straight to God and to...![Consecrated Life and Humanitarian Crisis of Migrants/Refugees in the 21st Century](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/united-nations-20160218.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Consecrated Life and Humanitarian Crisis of Migrants/Refugees in the 21st Century
100 people coming from various countries and religious congregations have joined together in Rome from 22nd to the 25th of February to reflect on the role of Consecrated Life in the humanitarian crisis of millions of migrant/refugee men and women in the world today....![Vincentians Serve! #IamVincent @StJohn’s](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/sju-iav-FB.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentians Serve! #IamVincent @StJohn’s
This past Winter break, January 10-15, students of St. John’s University traveled to Germantown, PA as a part of the university PLUNGE program. One of many service immersion programs offered each year, so named as students “plunge” into a new community and commit to...![A Vincentian View: The Transfiguration](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/fr.-griffin-reflections.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: The Transfiguration
A Vincentian View The Transfiguration “A Sense of Perspective” When one travels on a plane, one sees that there are different kinds of people. I can identify two groups: there are “window people” and there are “aisle people”—I do not think that there is any such...![Do you pray for systemic change?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/systemic-change-ozanam-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Do you pray for systemic change?
When was the last time you prayed for the success of systemic change? Do you pray for systemic change? By now we are all familiar with Pope Francis asking people to pray for him from his very first appearance as Pope. He is also encouraging us to pray. A question for...![Now on Social: Google Hangouts](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/07/famvin-default-social-cell-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Now on Social: Google Hangouts
Google hangouts makes sharing information on successful projects and collaborations a must for the Vincentian Family. The non-profit and the business world have been using them for a while now, and with great impact. Here’s how “ONE” announced one of its Google...![Repentance: believing and living the Gospel](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Repentance: believing and living the Gospel
Our merciful Lord listens to sinners who cry out to him. He takes no pleasure in their death, but in their repentance, so that they may live and bear much fruit. Jesus makes it clear that we are all in need of repentance. He warns that if we do not repent, we will...![VMY: Let us open our heart to mercy!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/logo-jmv-mercy-1200x630FB.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
VMY: Let us open our heart to mercy!
Yancarlos de Jesús Carrasco de los Santos, International President of the VMY, wrote the following to the Presidents, Advisors and Members of the National Councils of the VMY: Dear Friends: Our theme for this year is the following: Let us open our heart to mercy! ...![Collaboration is… joining efforts to be more effective](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/Featured-colaborar-es-EN-corrected.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Collaboration is… joining efforts to be more effective
At the beginning of 2013/2014 season, a Spanish soccer team, Real Madrid, was worth approximately 571 million euros (520 million US dollars). It corresponded to the total market value of its 23 players. The value of the team rose, however, to nearly 2,500 million...![6 seminarians killed in Nigeria](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/6-seminarians-killed-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
6 seminarians killed in Nigeria
The Provincial Secretary, Nigeria wrote to the Superior General with the sad news that six seminarians were killed in Nigeria.