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Pope: “Be merciful pastors not functionaries”
(Vatican Radio)On the 50th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis ordained ten men to the priesthood for the diocese of Rome at Sunday Mass in St Peter’s basilica, mandating them to ‘build the house of God, which is the Church, in word and example’. Emer...
Students from 3 Vincentian Universities Gather
First-Ever Vincentian Student Consortium Convenes At Niagara University Given the distance between them, it’s not too often that students attending the three Vincentian universities in North America have an opportunity to convene and talk about the issues of poverty,...
Oldest Vincentian Priest (101) has inoperable cancer
April 21, 2013 - Please keep in your prayers Fr. Peter Goldbach, CM. of the Eastern Province. Peter celebrated his 101st birthday last August and is the oldest living Vincentian in the world. On Thursday, April 18, Peter went to the Emergency Room of Chestnut Hill...
75 Year Old Starts Big Bold New Ministry
"Church Planter" Ron Edmondson writes in his blog... Breaking News: 75 Year Old Starts Big Bold New Ministry “The Lord said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation,...
Why children need heroes
Caroline Myss writes on Why Children Need Heroes How about celebrating our heroes in faith and life... Children need heroes in their lives almost as much as they need their parents. I said "almost" but it's a close second. I realize that this may strike many people as...
Resources for Frederic Ozanam 200th Birthday
VinFormation offers two new presentations on Blessed Frederic. In the first, Frederic Ozanam: Social Justice Vision + Personal Action, we see how Ozanam defended the Truths of the Faith and assisted the poor in post-Revolutionary France, setting the stage for the Catholic Social Thought of today.
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (Lk 1:79)
Fourth Sunday of Easter (C), April 21, 2013 - Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rev. 7:9, 14b-17; Jn. 10:27-30 Part and parcel of our experience are the gray afternoon and the dark night of discouragement and hopelessness, of fear and shame, of failure and humiliation, of hesitation...
Pope Francis excuses self
With a touch of humor Pope Francis excuses himself from Plenary Assembly of Argentine Bishops "due to 'Commitments Assumed Recently' according to (Zenit.org) - In a note reflecting Francis' sense of humor as well as his missionary zeal, the Pope offered guidelines to...
Profile of President-Elect SVDP Canada
Deborah Gyapong of Canadian Catholic News writes... Jean-Noel Cormier got his first glimpse of poverty—and a desire to help—in his childhood in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. “It was a small village,” he said. “We were not that rich. But we had kids poorer than us,” said...
Ladies of Charity behind the scenes
There have been two recent posts about the anti domestic violence and trafficking efforts of the Ladies of Charity at St. John's University and the Vincentian Center. Here are the Ladies behind the scenes. The Ladies of Charity at St. John's University held the...
