Fr. Robert Maloney preached a homily focusing on Vincent’s Love of Scripture. The former Superior General spoke at the celebration of the Feast of the Solemnity of St. Vincent Sept. 27, 2017 in St. Vincent’s Seminary in Germantown.
Helen Johnson was very direct as I interviewed her about her retirement. She spent 33 years in service to the confreres of the Eastern Province. It was clear that one simple sentence summed up everything we discussed. All else is commentary.
On the occasion of the commemoration of Saint Vincent de Paul, Pope Francis has written a beautiful reflection to all of us who live the Vincentian charism, which we reproduce below:
Thw Society of St. Vincent DePaul, the Ozanam and Catholic scholars, faculty fellows from the Vincentian Center for Church and Society also attended the Mass and dinner afterward.The theme for the event was based on Sunday’s Gospel: “You, too go into my vineyard.”(Mt. 20:1-16) Vincentian Family members were challenged to see our charism as not being 400 years old, but rather as 400 years young.
Father José de Jesús Plascencia Casillas, CM, Visitor of the Province of Mexico, has sent us the following report about the situation of the Missionaries and the Vincentian Family.
Fr. Pat Griffin imagines the moment when Vincent died. What did it feel like at the moment to the many important people of the day… and to those on the margins?
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Have a blessed Holy Week!
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Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!