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Video conference for SVDP Youth Groups

Calling all Vincentian youth groups! An international videoconference is being planned for youth SVdP groups around the world in the middle of September. This videoconference will be held over the internet and we will have the chance to introduce ourselves and to talk...

Bishops on 50th Anniversary March

Statement On The 50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom  Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom As we mark the 50th Anniversary of the March on...

Vincent learned to make a difference

Vincent  learned to love the poor through a series of life-changing events. Vincent  learned  through listening,  seeing what worked and did not work. Vincent and his contemporaries had to figure things out on their own. Those who came after Vincent had to figure it...

Starting point for Vincentian Formation

Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, President of dePaul University,  offers his take on the Starting Point for Vincentian Formation.  We represent very different lifestyles and types of ministry, so formation is going to look a bit different for each of us. But I believe there...

Putting faith in action – Lynn L’Heureux

In this week's edition Lynn L'Heureux reflects on The Light of Faith - Our Faith in Action – Get ready and Come to the Feast.  Dear Vincentian Brothers and Sisters:  Let us pray for the entire Vincentian Family around the world and pray for our priests, deacons,...

Humble Vincent’s gospel of simplicity

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), September 1, 2013 – Sir 3, 17-18. 20. 28-29; Heb 12, 18-19. 22-24a; Lk 14, 1. 7-14 Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart (Mt 11, 29) By all accounts, Pope Francis attracts Catholics and non-Catholics.  This points...

Vatican to tackle trafficking

Pope asks pontifical academies to help fight human trafficking Cindy Wooden of Catholic News Service  writes... At the request of Pope Francis, scholars and researchers belonging to two pontifical academies and representatives of the World Federation of Catholic...

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