by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 9, 2012 | Missions inter gentes, Social Media, Technology: Issues and Uses
So, here I am, on the Bolivian Altiplano, serving in a Vincentian International mission. I’m on Facebook and I write a blog. We don’t have cable. We don’t have 4G or 3G connections. We have very slow 2G, like most of the rural developing world. In...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Aidan Rooney, CM: Howdy from Bolivia! We’ve just about finished our new formation center/chapel in Wilalcala — one of the communities in our sprawling parish. The Eastern Province of the Congregation made a nice contribution to the work, as did many...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 25, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Father Astor Rodriquez captured Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM and his journey from Staten Island to El Alto and the mountains of Bolivia. And as you see below he may be in the mountains of Bolivia but he is always connected! Voces Vicentinas Aidan on Picasa Aidan on YouTube...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 21, 2012 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The team will remain in Bolivia exactly for a month, visiting such Bolivian cities, as Sucre, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, PotosÃ, Tarija, La Paz and El Alto. In those places, the Vincentians volunteers will have as their main mission to organize, stimulate and found...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 18, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Father Aidan Rooney CM writes… Systemic change on the Altiplano! A new website presents a special project of the Congregation of the Mission Bolivian Mission called “Sayt’asim,” which means “stand up!” in the native Aymara language....