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What’s In a Name? Was Shakespeare Wrong?
Shakespeare wrote “What’s in a name? A rose is a rose by any other name.” What someone or something is called or labeled is arbitrary compared to their or its intrinsic qualities.
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Missionary Partnership Between Brazil and Philippines in the Japan Vincentian Mission
Fr. Rogelio D. Cardenas II, CM a Filipino Vincentian Missionary working in the Diocese of Yokohama Japan describes two parishes in Japan.
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Deny Themselves, Bear Their Own Cross, Follow Christ
Jesus is all things to all. He leads those who live for others and deny themselves. For they do not seek their own good, but the neighbor’s. Peter is blessed. For in the first place, the Father, not flesh and blood, lets him know who Jesus is. In the second place,...![Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 19](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/04/vincentian-art-brushes-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 19
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
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Congregation of the Mission Martyrs of the French Revolution (September 2)
Blessed Louis-Joseph François, Blessed Jean-Henri Gruyer, Blessed Pierre-René Rogue, Blessed Jean-Charles Caron, and Blessed Nicolas Colin were martyred along with many others during the French Revolution on September 2 and 3, 1792 after they refused to take an oath that would have placed them under the authority of the state.
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Simplicity and Humility
For St. Vincent, to live according to the spirit and charism of the congregations is to live the virtues of the Gospel. He considered virtues as, “Evangelical Maxims” which Jesus the sovereign Master taught us both by word and example. Therefore, Vincent asks...![A Vincentian Minute: Habits 05](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/07/rooney-summer-series-2-2023-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian Minute: Habits 05
Fr. Rooney’s summer series on Vincentian “habits” of spirituality talks about the habit of cultivating humility.
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Ripples of Change: Hope in Mocharim
In the radiant morning light of July 18, 2023, a wave of change had brushed across the remote village of Mocharim, situated on the serene banks of the Falgu River.
![Sr. Marija Jelena Ikic, new Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Zagreb](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/08/hnas-zagreb-2023-00003-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Sr. Marija Jelena Ikic, new Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Zagreb
After prayer and discernment, the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Zagreb elected Sr. Marija Jelena Ikic as Superior General for the next six years.
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