Pentecost in Paris – Vincentian Family
Pentecost in Paris – The Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP) 2014 first day
Buffalo’s tribute to Daughters of Charity
Sister Mary Grace Higgins needed the cuddle this time around more than the newborn did. After a few squirms, little Jackson Price – just 5 days old and a tad over 5 pounds – settled into Higgins’ arms and began to nod off. A “cuddler” in the neonatal intensive care...
Attitudes and Values of volunteers
The June ongoing formation booklet from the AIC or International Association of Charity focuses on three virtues that should be characteristic of every volunteer or member around the world. These booklets are part of the preparation for celebration of the 400th...
Seton Hill Sisters of Charity – Johnstown Flood
Sister of Charity (Seton Hill) Archivist Sister Louise Grundish has contributed a series of posts on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the Johnstown Flood. Click here to visit the first post of the blog and learn about the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill who...
Latest issue of Nuntia online
The latest issue of NUNTIA of the Congregation of the Mission is now online. It features a lengthy report of Father Gregory’s visitation of the Eastern Province.
D-Day – Perspectives from the Vincentian Tradition
On this 70th anniversary of D-Day it seems fitting to repost an earlier offering from the series Saturday Study Hall – “Vincent and Peace Today” Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, Palestine – our eyes glaze over… or shut in horror. We long for peace...
New leadership for Vincentians in USA
The Provincials of the the Congregation of the Mission in the USA elected Father Ray Van Dorpe, CM as the new President of the National Conference of Visitors of the United States . Fr. Van Dorp is currently Provincial of the Western Province of the Congregation of...
TV Documentary – Daughters of Charity in Mozambique
The popular Spanish language television station rtve,es has aired an in-depth documentary of the work of the Daughters of Charity in Mozambique. Mozambique is one of the worlds poorest countries. This high quality production, part of the “People of God”...
D-Day plus 70!
On this anniversary of D- Day… What have we learned? What can we do? It was supposed to be “The War to end all wars” (Woodrow Wilson), John XXIII wrote and Encyclical “”Peace on Earth”. “War, Never again war” (Paul VI), John Paul II wrote...
Looking for Vincentian Quotes?
This week’s Formation Friday segment draws attention to two sources for Vincentian quotes found among the treasures of VinFormation. The first is a collection of texts compiled by Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC. They are listed by subject in alphabetical order. (See...
