Collaboration is… to dream together
Dreaming is not escaping reality. “It is to undermine obvious facts to break their hold on people, to abandon deliberately the paths of obedience, to project oneself into a reality that we daringly think is different” (Myriam Tonus, “Dangereuse l’utopie?” in La Libre...
Our Excuses For Not Giving
During Lent, we are asked to focus more closely on almsgiving. Almsgiving can take many forms, but here, let’s think about straightforward monetary donations. Read and ponder what Frederic Ozanam had to say…
Collective Impact: Three Basic Questions
by Mike Clark In providing services and programs to assist those in poverty, there are several basic questions we need to ask ourselves to determine whether or not what we are doing is making a difference. Namely: How much did we do? How well did we do it? Is anyone...
Vincentian Lifestyle
Vincentian Lifestyle – The Gaze of God – Vincentians Planted by God – Vincentian Journey of Holiness Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday March 8, 2016 Vincentian Lifestyle – Vincentian spirituality is embedded in a lifestyle of giving...
Lenten Shift: Exploring Vincentian Themes
Exploring Vincentian themes is part of our Lenten Shift, metaphorically “shifting gears” in Lent, can be a helpful process. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can feed the deeper parts of ourselves. This is the...
