A Lifetime of Waking Up
Lent is a time of waking up. Vincentian Lent is waking up using St. Vincent de Paul’s spiritual exercises of the five virtues.
Lent and the Tension of Being Bridges to Belonging
For Vincentians heeding the call to conversion translates into being servants of hospitality and communion and belonging … and the inevitability of the tension of holding on to truths that seem to conflict.
Day 4: Waking Up
Alleluia! He is Risen! by Vincentians of the Eastern Province | Apr 1, 2018 About the Series St. Vincent de Paul encouraged five particular traits in his comrades: simplicity, meekness, mortification, humility and zeal. Come...Vincentian University Turns Racist Incident into a Teachable Moment
Niagara University turns a racist incident into a teachable moment.
My Lenten Challenge, with a Little Help from St. John Paul II
Personal and societal systemic change come together!
Pope Warns of False Prophets Who Present Falsehood as Truth
Pope Francis warns of false prophets who come either in the form of “snake charmers,” “who manipulate human emotions in order to enslave others and lead them where they would have them go,” or “charlatans,” “who offer easy and immediate solutions to suffering that soon prove utterly useless.”
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!