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Moving the digital frontier from diatribe to dialog (Excerpt from Archbishop Kurtz's keynote address to the annual...
Articles for Dialog
New date Vincentian Family Dialogue with Islam
The Symposium to be held at DePaul University, Chicago will take place in the Summer of 2015. The Vincentian Family...
Vatican using soccer to promote coexistence
Scholas Occurentes is an international network of schools that the Vatican launched, supported by Pope Francis, to...
Francis and dialog
“Dialogue is born from an attitude of respect for the other person, from a conviction that the other person has something good to say. In order to dialogue it is necessary to know how to lower the defenses, open the doors of your house, and offer human warmth.”' From...
FAMVIN posts on Pope Francis
It has been a momentous week following the elections and installation of Pope Francis. The following posts were among the most visited on famvin.org Pope Francis and St. Vincent Cardinal Bergoglio’s Lenten Letter, 2013 Pope’s prayer for Cardinal electors A Vincentian...
Superior General commends dialog with Islam
Father Gregory Gay, CM commends participation in an international conference devoted to exploring the theme of interreligious dialog with Isam. It will be held in 2014 at DePaul University, Chicago, IL USA. Details to follow when available at theVinDialogue website....
Scenes from “Dialogue with Islam”
Over sixty Vincentians from 37 countries journeyed to Pohsarang in Indonesia to join the Catholics in celebration of Sunday Eucharist. Yakobis Surabaya presents a musical interlude capturing scenes from the symposium of interreligious dialogue with Islam in Pacet,...
Before taking rights of poor people, spend time with them.
A Minnesota advocate for the poor writes, "Before taking rights away from poor people, spend some time with them... their stories make a broader point: While many poor folks do their best maintain a connection to mainstream society, many members of mainstream society...
How to defend faith without raising your voice
It is about winning friends, not arguments. It is about shedding light, not heat. It's about reframing the argument so hearts can be opened and minds can be inspired. How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice is a new sort of apologetics. It is for those...
5 tips for decreasing polarization
Congress is now more polarized than at any time since Civil War Reconstruction. As we barrel toward a nasty presidential election, things will get even worse. Charles C. Camosy offers five practices for moving beyond the polarization which currently dominates our...
Vincentian Family Commission on Dialogue with Islam
Fr. G. Gregory Gay, CM writes, "I am happy to announce the establishment of the Vincentian Commission on Dialogue with Islam." It is hoped that "This Commission will be: An inspiring group that proposes and organizes forums and symposiums of the Vincentian...
Sister of Charity addresses Canadian Council of Religious
Issuing a call for intergenerational dialog, Patricia Wittberg, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and sociology professor at Indiana Univeristy-Perdue University in Indianapolis delivered the keynote address for the Canadian Council of Religious Annual Meeting....