Vincentian Formation 35 years later
Fr. Charlie Strollo tells the story of Vincentian Formation flowering some 35 years later in the ordination of Brendan Gillen as a permanent deacon.
Imagining the moment when Vincent died
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?
The Things I Learned (in Kindergarten)
Evoking one of my favorite insights of the great theologian Karl Rahner, “forgotten truths”, Fr. Robert Maloney reminds the Vincentian Family of forgotten truths about our role in creation.
The Best Kept Secret of the Vincentian Family
What is the best-kept secret of the Vincentian Family? Hint – It is the same as the best-kept secret of the Church.
Fr. Maloney – The Faces of our 5th Century
The fourth chapter of Fr. Maloney’s book “A New Century Dawns: Hopes for the Vincentian Family,” does not give us faces of the Vincentian Family in its fifth century. But, true to form, he offers us five facets or characteristics that would express his hopes of the profile for lay women and men in the Church of the future.
US Bishops Labor Day Statement – Echos of Ozanam
Among the many insightful things contained in this year’s powerful Labor Day statement of the United States Bishops, some passages especially caught my interest as echoes of Ozanam.
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!