Active in her Catholic parish community, Jonna uses her faith to help guide her through many of life’s important decisions, like her internship.

by .famvin | August 27, 2022 | News, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jean and Dave Semler launched a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity Change A Life Uganda (CALU) with a vision of educated, healthy, and empowered Ugandan children as agents of positive social and economic change.
by Amanda Dia Moreira | August 25, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Being Vincentian is much more than a volunteer: it is a vocation. It is a purpose in life.
by Jenny Jordan, CVV Year 8 | February 24, 2019 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Based on the practices ingrained during CVV I have a solid foundation to build from, a comfort level with introspection, vulnerability, and thoughtfulness..
by Dave Ryer | December 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
My daughter Linnea asked me to write a few thoughts about her time at VMC. What follows is my effort to share my point of view from a father’s perspective.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Active in her Catholic parish community, Jonna uses her faith to help guide her through many of life’s important decisions, like her internship.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 5, 2018 | News
The St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Center, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia (USA), provides unique...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 19, 2018 | News, Reflections
A true Vincentian, she’ll hire people with insight into the immigrant and refugee experience, and have been directly impacted by Buffalo’s systemic poverty.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 11, 2018 | Formation, Other Branches, Reflections
In a great piece of writing, the Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati teach us some good information for volunteer recruitment and how to write a great article! There are many misconceptions about doing a year of service. This post looks to dispel some of these myths...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
"We're all on a spiritual Journey. The question is whether you're awake to it or not." We've shared a few posts about the women from the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers who have had opportunities for spiritual exploration and discernment recently, but what about the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 4, 2018 | Formation, Other Branches, Reflections
Words of hope about serving can be just the thing to fuel prayer. Katharine Montemurri, Program Coordinator of the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers invited the CVVers who served in New Orleans (see "We can’t wait to hear about their adventures!") to share their...
by Joyana Dvorak | Feb 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
IT ALL STARTED WITH GRAPES… Little did my parents know what they were doing when they chose not to feed me grapes as a child. Now mind you, I was not too thrilled when we didn’t buy grapes. I quite enjoyed whenever I was at a friend’s house and they had grapes to eat....
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 21, 2018 | News
Though Mary Tarawally’s graduation from St. John’s University is months away, she has already compiled a résumé of success stretching from the Staten Island campus to the United Nations. “St. John’s mission struck a chord from the start,” said the student leader and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
CVV23-ers (a.k.a., Colorado Vincentian Volunteers) Christin, Allison, Lauren, and Cassady had the incredible opportunity to spend the past 4 days living and working alongside the Sisters of Charity in New Orleans. It looks like they had a blast and enjoyed learning...
by Katie Kerr, CVV 13 | Jan 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
“The measure of our compassion lies not in our service to those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship. And that means the decided movement towards awe and giant steps away from judgement.” -Greg Boyle, SJ A few weeks ago, I walked into a...
by Michael Freedman | Jan 9, 2018 | News
Amid the conical hats, demands for hot tea and general hullabaloo of New Year’s Eve was a gripping mini-documentary about a new program that launched last fall at a high school in Boca Raton, Fla. Produced by MassMutual, the three-minute piece spotlighted We Dine...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 7, 2018 | News, Reflections
January brings a new year, and renewed attention to continuing social issues in the United States: Abortion, Women's rights, racism. DACA is still under siege. Why should Vincentians be present? A reflection by Colorado Vincentian Volunteer alumna and Vincentian Lay...