Youth
Forgotten Truths About Mary the Mother of God
Viewing Mary not just in that one marvelous moment of the Annunciation but in the context of a lifetime of discipleship.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Recognizing the Frederics In Our Midst
Do we recognize this generation’s Frederic and friends in our midst today?
World Youth Day – From the Perspective of an Older Generation
“Youth are needed because of their boldness and audacity, even their imprudence. They provide us with new ideas and a new way of doing things that we had never imagined.” Frederic Ozanam
200 posts for #IamVincent @VinMissionCorps @NiagaraUniv @SJUMission
A LETTER TO MY YOUNG FRIENDS IN THE VINCENTIAN FAMILY Dear friends: Two hundred posts ago, I wrote: Just like you, my life is shaped by Vincent; in a real sense, however small, I am Vincent. So are you. I met some of you for the first time at the USA/Canada Vincentian...
Vincentian Leadership Institute for High School Students
Leadership begins with the young. Faith and Service in the City connects high school students to Catholic and Vincentian traditions in New York City. It's time for them to explore theology, experience NYC, and grow in faith and leadership! Faith and Service in the...
The Pope Video: Youth
Youth, which is part of "The Pope Video" series promoted by the Vatican, was released Tuesday, April 4. Young people have in their hands the challenge of building a more just future, a future of solidarity. Let us support them. Let’s pray with the Pope that our youth...
Students – Changing Their Worlds
have we forgotten perhaps about the valuable resource sitting in our classrooms today?
@SJUMission Students Explore Faith, Fellowship at World Youth Day
Faith was on the march! In his homily at World Youth Day (WYD), an international gathering of Catholic youth, His Holiness Pope Francis encouraged the millions of young people participating in Kraków, Poland, this summer to “believe in a new humanity” that’s stronger...
They’re Arriving! Vincentian Youth Days Begin
The Vincentian Youth Days -- a celebration before World Youth Day in Krakow -- kicked off today. Since the Rome meeting in 2000, World Youth Day has been accompanied by gatherings of Vincentian youth from all over the world. Our Polish sisters and brothers are...
Participating in WYD via a modern miracle
It has been referred to as a "Catholic Woodstock" and a 21st-century version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Whatever the description, the expectation is that more than one million youth will make a pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland June 26-31 for World Youth Day. The...
Not Every Group Says #IamVincent
https://youtu.be/QB-rRuy3_bU Every group has its own past, present and future. Summertime (in the northern hemisphere) is a time when many young adults give their time in service. LeaderworX is one of those programs -- and dear to my heart -- with a storied past, a...
U.N. Promotes Youth Labor Skills #WYSD2016
Promoting youth labor skills is the topic of this week's post by Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, from the United Nations. No doubt our Vincentian Family members engaged in personnel, education, or youth-related ministries understand we are experiencing “vertical change.”...