In this year 2018, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Vincent for the first time at the beginning of the fifth century of the Vincentian Charism. He suggests deepening our relationship with the Saints, Blessed, and Servants of God of the Vincentian Family. He offers some concrete steps.
I write today, not about unions and workers rights but what Vincent can teach us about something “up close and personal ” – looking out for our co-workers.
All our Vincentian Family heroes and heroines needed the oxygen of a clear vision of who called them and what was their mission… Something that comes in prayerful awareness. How did they replenish their spiritual oxygen sources?
Fr. Griffin’s reflection is an invitation for each of us to look at our own understanding of what it means to be radical, a Vincentian radical, and whether we walk this path with our actions in the nitty-gritty of our daily life.
Vincent didn’t just happen. Vincent spent his lifetime waking up to the demands of the Gospel and the needs of those who were poor.
Global Sisters Report has compiled a helpful list of resources of numerous Catholic organizations involved in the worldwide refugee and migration crisis, including the Vatican, congregations of women religious and local parishes.
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!
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Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!