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Looking for Vincentian quotes?
A quick reminder that Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC has compiled a list of Vincentian quotes indexed by topic. Affability Alms Asking Availability Balance Baptism Beginning Blessings Boat Body of Christ Burden Call Child Care Certainty Charity Chosen by God Church...
Thanksgiving – menu… or… guest list?
Vincentian Heritage on Thanksgiving
As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or "prequel" of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in the Vincentian and Christian tradition. Father Robert Maloney CM writes... "Basically, the word Eucharistic means “thanksgiving.” The New...
Pope explains to children how he prays
RomeReportTV The pope visited a shelter that welcomes dozens of abandoned children, some of whom are sick or malnourished and shared with them how he prays. Cotonou's Archbishop and the Mother Superior welcomed the pope, while children sang and danced for Benedict...
What’s it like to be a guide at the rue duBac?
The international site of the Daughters of Charity offers the Testimony of a Volunteer at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal Motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity, Paris (Each day the chapel is visited by thousands of pilgrims, notably on the Marian Feasts....
Belleville Bridges Bulletin
The first edition of "Belleville Bridges Bulletin" arrived in the mail boxes of the over 200 people who attended either North American workshops on systemic change in the Vincentian Family. The title derives from the place of the first such meeting in Belleville,...
Calling all Millennials! “Do whatever it takes”
"Do Whatever It Takes," is challenging the digital generation to take action to solve the problem over over 2 million homeless youth. (In no way is this to be confused with the advertising slogan "Just do it") In the campaign, the Millennial generation will be asked...
Politician tries to live on food stamps
Could you live on $4.50 per day for food, as food stamp recipients are. Rep. Jackie Speier tried. You can better understand, too, the struggle of the poor, even the working poor, like the woman who wrote to Speier during the week she ate on a food stamp-limited diet...
SSVDP in the South Pacific
While the South Pacific seems not tot figure in international secular or church news to the same degree as Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the Church and the St Vincent de Paul Society are alive and well in many countries of Oceania. The...
Pope to use iPad to light up tallest Christmas Tree
On December 7th the pope will turn on the lights of this year's largest Christmas tree with the touch of an iPad. The tree is made up of a collection of lights placed on a hill overlooking the Italian town of Gubbio. The tree of lights measures 2,132 feet high, making...
