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St. John’s University
Cultural Emergence – SJU Ozanam Scholars in Accra, Ghana
Cultural Emergence Through Academic Scholarship, Vincentian Leadership and Global Citizenship SJU Ozanam...
Tour Vincentian Paris Through the Eyes of a St. John’s University Student
Julia visits the St. John’s Paris campus and nearby Vincentian heritage places in this video walking tour.
Vincentians Serve! #IamVincent @StJohn’s
This past Winter break, January 10-15, students of St. John’s University traveled to Germantown, PA as a part of the university PLUNGE program. One of many service immersion programs offered each year, so named as students “plunge” into a new community and commit to...
#IamVincent @ St. John’s: Vincentians Teach!
Essential questions such as, “What makes a great teacher?”; “What is success at the NYC Teaching Collaborative?”; “How can I prepare myself for the challenges of teaching in a high-need school?”; and “How do I close the academic achievement gap in my classroom?” guide...
Vincentian Center hosts poverty conference
The Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s—along with the faculty Vincentian Research Fellows—hosted the daylong event, entitled “Care for Our Common Home: The Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor.” Approximately 240 participants, attendees,...
Vincentians of Wherever: Ozanam Scholars in Action
Ozanam Scholars, like thousands of Vincentian Volunteers, can be found… wherever! Every year, from periods of ten days to two years and more, Vincentians are acting as missionaries: using their skills to encounter, to partner with, and to be changed by the experience...
#IamVincent: @ St. John’s University
This is the first of a series of "#IamVincent" from St. John's University. It's time that we knew the stories and lives of Vincentians all over the globe.[Ed.] At the heart and center of the Queens campus of St. John’s University stands St. Thomas More Church. This...
Experiencing Frederic and Rosalie
Experiencing Frederic and Rosalie - St. John’s University students have been invited and challenged to enter into the experience of Blessed Rosalie Rendu and Frederic Ozanam in the Freshman Rendu Plunge August 21-25 2015. Almost 200 years ago a fellow student at the...
Pope Francis’ words and actions sound like St. Vincent
"Pope Francis' words and actions sound like St. Vincent". Words from Dr. Joann Heaney-Hunter of St. John's University as she reflects on her experience as a commentator for Time Warner Cable News during Pope Francis's visit. In the homily at the St. John's University...
Look with love… move with mercy
St. John's University chose “Look with love… move with mercy” as the theme for it 2015 celebration of Founder's Week. Fr. John Maher, C.M. shares this presentation which challenges us to “Look with love… move with mercy” as did St. Vincent. He walks us through where...
St. Vincent’s tough questions on helping the poor
St.John's University professor Meghan Clark observes... "Vincent learned to ask the right questions. We can learn to evaluate the world around us by asking ourselves those same questions" She wrote the following in in the October 2014 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 79,...
