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The Gift of Vulnerability: Everyone Has a Story
Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees.
The Gift of Community: A Letter to a Future Volunteer
Savor the good times, and yes, even the challenging times. Community is absolutely incredible, and so much more than a simple definition could ever capture.
Lay Missionary Life: Bits here and there
Each local missionary community develops its own communal commitments, and develops its own plan for life — in prayer, in witness, in evangelization.
Community First!
So what does this mean for us in our daily lives? Where can we have compassion outside of our circles in order to build community? Are we really in tune with the needs of our community members?
For All You Foodies
Foodies see life differently. I confess, I am one. This reflection caught my attention. It's about family and community. Heather Gordon-Young is a Canadian writer who lives on the west coast of British Columbia. She is the Executive Director of a not-for-profit social...
Vincentian Pinterest – early “pins” and “pinners”
Visit the early "pinners" at the Vincentian Family's Community board. If you are new to Pinterest.. from a post that may have gotten lost over the July 4 holiday... "Some things are easier described with pictures rather than words! Pinterest is one of those things....
When Communities Identify Their Own Poor, Aid Has The Most Effect
According to FastCompany..."By asking peers to decide who deserves the most government aid--instead of using empirical measurements--money can have more lasting effects. When governments and NGOs plan on giving assistance to the most needy, how do they know who needs...
An argument against too cool a church
Something to think about... I want a church that includes fussy kids, old liturgy, bad sound, weird congregants and—brace yourself—painfully amateur “special music” now and then. Why? Well, for one thing, when the Gospel story is accompanied by a fog machine and...