poetry

Do not leave without hearing who you are: Beloved

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | February 18, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

I've known theologian Karis Slattery since she was twelve. I watched her grow into a woman and a friend. She's an artist, an athlete, and always a God-seeker. Growing up in a Vincentian parish, she became an ally to the marginalized, even as her own Church...

Advent: A Time of the Word. A Time of Beauty

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | December 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Poetry that evokes the profound, the beautiful is a way to deepen your Advent journey. Advent prepares us for the Word become flesh. Brother Augustine Denis Towey, C.M. (+November 22, 2012) penned this, as well as many other poems. It's good to pass on a gift. You Are...

Unbreakable: Vincentians of Wherever

by Cathryn Dutton, CVV ’18 | July 13, 2017 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I composed this poem thinking about the ties to service and those less fortunate that my service with CVV instilled in me. There are so many things in the world that try to pull us out of our purpose of being companions on the journey and so many circumstances in the...