I recently read a quote that struck me, “Love is choosing to serve someone and be with someone in spite of there...
Vincentians of Wherever
Vincentians of Wherever: Jean Semler – Change a Life Uganda
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.
To be a Vincentian is to Have a Purpose in Life
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.
A Solid Foundation to Build From
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..
Supporting Your Child In A Year Of Service
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.
Why I Gave the Bishop a Pokémon Game @NiagaraUniv
by Michael Pearl | Feb 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Recently, thanks to the folks in Campus Ministry, I had a great conversation with Bishop Malone and 18 other students....
Do not leave without hearing who you are: Beloved
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 18, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
I've known theologian Karis Slattery since she was twelve. I watched her grow into a woman and a friend. She's an...
Pardon Your Servant
by Diane Smith, CVV 16 | Mar 12, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else,” (Exodus 4:13). Moses’s words at the burning bush have always resonated with me, in younger years before I appreciated the audacity of his request, I was struck by his humility and humanity. Moreover, I was...
What if it Was Your Neighborhood?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
Watch LET ME IN starring Alicia Keys. https://youtu.be/v-1hpZzJpmg There are more refugees in the world today than at any point in history. And half of them are children. LET ME IN is a cinematic experience which reimagines the refugee crisis as if it was happening on...
Vincentians of Wherever: Get Political!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 5, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The approach to poverty in American politics generally—and in public child welfare specifically—has always been influenced by the widespread understanding of poverty as primarily a moral and personal failing, rather than a structural issue. Jeremy Kohomban & David...
Vincentians of Wherever • Millennials Are Trying to Tell Something. Are We Listening?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"From the depths of my heart, I want to love church. I want to be head-over-heels for church like the unshakable Ned Flanders." So say millennials. They are speaking to us. They could be Vincentians. I want to send global, sky-writing airplanes telling the life-change...
Open Your Eyes • A Music Video
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 19, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
I'm going to show my age (60). Bursting on the music scene out of Queens, New York in the mid-seventies, The Ramones are probably punk rock's best known band. Punk stripped down the rock music genre to its bare essentials, and a sub-group of this movement began to...
Vincentians of Wherever: The Heart of Saint Vincent Continues to Beat at “le Berceau”
by Rev. Philippe Lamblin, C.M. | Feb 12, 2017 | Formation, News, Reflections
Arriving at Dax on February 6, 2017 by the TGV (France’s high-speed train service) at night, Frédéric was a little late to take me to the Berceau of Saint Vincent de Paul. He immediately told me: "The migrants have arrived." And added: "These are mostly single women...
Going Corporate and Volunteering: Vincentians of Wherever
by Shaughnessy Miller | Feb 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Going corporate and volunteering: they are not mutually exclusive! Corporate America gets a pretty bad rap. Images of stifling your personality and will to live in a cubicle prevail and are especially repulsive to the full-time volunteer. And while I won’t deny that...
“I Protest Because Walls Only Serve to Separate and Divide Us” Activists Saying #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | News, Reflections
See. Judge. Act. We often think of this as analysis for project planning. But activism stems from this as well. A new generation of Vincentians in the United States have heard the call of the Gospel: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me!" In response to the recent...
I Love People Like Alexis Fuentes #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In January of last year, I met with a young woman in a cafe in northern New Jersey. She is Alexis Fuentes, a former Missionary Cenacle Volunteer, and I spoke with her about her connection to the Vincentian Family and a bit of her life as she was living it. She's a...