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180-degree turn, not 360
Fourth Sunday of Easter (A), May 11, 2014 – Acts 2, 14a. 36-41; 1 Pt 2, 20b-25; Jn 10, 1-10 You have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls (1 Pt 2, 25) There is no salvation outside Jesus. He is the only gate through which we humans enter to abide...
Mother’s Day, World Vocation Day, Vincentian Family
How do these three go together? It is not really hard to put these three things together. What might not be so obvious is how the Vincentian Family fosters vocations the year round. (Pope Francis Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations) How does the Vincentian...
Sisters of Charity commission their first responders
Sister Luke reports, On Sunday, May 4, nine members of our Disaster Response Ministry were commissioned and blessed during the 10:30 a.m liturgy at Nazareth as they respond to the disaster in the Little Rock, Arkansas area. Please keep them in prayer. Patrick...
Build it … Open Our Eyes
Build it - Bread and Wine - Sensitive God – Open Our Eyes Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – May 6, 2014 Dear Vincentian Brothers and Sisters: In reading stories of our 2 new Saints, I just feel we have to lighten up. We need to pray more to the saints for...
Turn virtual encounters into real ones
The Australian catholic website XT3 has a suggestion that could apply to all of us… Ahead of this year's World Communications Day (25 May in Australia & 1 June around the world), Xt3 has teamed up with Catholic Talk and we are inviting you take up Pope Francis'...
E-voc – Is your heart willing or willful?
This is the question in the lead article of the llatest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women wondering what new thing God is calling forth in their lives. May 2014_evoc (PDF) In...
“Sell your desk!” – Francis, the Vincentian
Pope Francis told the Archbishop in charge of the Vatican’s charity, “Don’t wait for people to come ringing. You need to go out and look for the poor.'”
A “home visit” – getting to know you
Larry Huber writes... "I spent 17 years as a Probation Officer in western PA (although only two of that was in field work). I never knew who would appear on the other side of the door when I would walk up and rap or ring the door bell. Now, just before I knock on the...
“I AM A MOTHER” Elizabeth Seton
“I AM A MOTHER”: SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON ON MOTHERHOOD The letters of Saint Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821) to and about her family reflect exactly the kind of concerns a mother today would have about her children's lives, choices, job prospects, etc. She wrote and...
Vinnies “CEO Sleepout”
It's the time of year again when Australian CEO's of businesses large and small sleep out in the winter cold not only to raise funds, but raise awareness of homelessness. Since 2006 the event has raised over $13 million of important funds for Vinnies Homeless...