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Lay Led Liturgies Updated
MARSFIELD, September 29, 2006: The Lay Led Liturgies, Reflections and Intercession provided by Fr John O'Keefe CM (Australian Province) have now been updated to the last Sunday of November (34th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Christ the King). They can be accessed at:...
Vincentian Speaks at Consistent Life Ethic Conference.
Vincentian Father Richard Benson, a moral theologian at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, will speak on "Health Care: Abortion, End of Life, HIV/AIDS" followed by a group discussion October 7 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Rosemary Ruther, a theologian...
Vatican Secretary of State Urges the Poor Be A Diplomatic Priority
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 29, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican's new secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, is proposing a "universal commitment" in favor of the poor as part of the Vatican's new diplomatic agenda. In his first address to the diplomatic corps...
First Vincentian Latin Rite Cardinal Celebrates at SJU
His Eminence Franc Cardinal Rode, C.M., Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, served as celebrant for St. John’s University’s Opening School Mass today before a standing room only crowd at St. Thomas...
More Than 1000 Volunteers Involved SJU Service Day
Despite a period of inclement weather, St. John’s University covered the five boroughs in red and white, as more than 1,000 volunteers celebrated University Service Day on September 23. Wearing T-shirts tagged with the event’s title: “What a Difference a Day Makes,”...
Vincentian Cyber-Community for Young Adults
The Vincentian Centers for Formation at St. Joseph's Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey (USA) launched its first "hybrid" community of young adults today. The "Last Tuesday Cafe" is a mobile community of young adults (21-29) that gathers for coffee and conversation...
Greeting from the Curia on the Feast of St. Vincent
Fr. Alfredo Becerra, CM, recently recovered from serious health problems in Rome offers reflections of the feast of St. Vincent
Sister of Charity in National Catholic Reporter
I had been expecting some sign since June. Crippling headaches, missteps in perception, sentences in need of nouns. That 55th birthday meant I had arrived at the same age my mother was when she began her long and courageous dance with Alzheimer’s disease. But I felt...
Niagara Celebrates 150 Years
Come celebrate the good that is Niagara University writes Joseph L. Levesque, CM, President of Niagara University in the Niagara Gazette.Niagara University will begin a yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary. Nearly 70 priests from around the diocese and...
SVDP And Katrina AId
When Miranda, a case manager from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, knocked on her door, Purdom was alone, depressed, and hungry. A successful New Orleans taxi driver prior to the storm, Purdom now did not have the means to retrieve her car from a repair shop in New...
