“There is no Christianity without mercy. If all our Christianity does not lead us to mercy, we are on the wrong path.” (Pope Francis) Just as we learn to walk, we must learn to “mercy” from our experience of God mercying us.
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Jesus Drew the Best Out of Ordinary People
Jesus began with a group of most ordinary people. No all-stars in the eyes of the influential. Jesus spent much of his time forming a team filled with a sense of common mission.
Culture of Vocations – Mission Impossible?
A Palestinian Jew gathered 12 ordinary people and sent them out on an impossible mission. He created a culture of vocation and mission.
Pope Francis Does It Again – Expanding Horizons
Are we prepared to listen to the call to mission, whether in our life as married couples or as consecrated persons or those called to the ordained ministry, and in all the everyday events of life?
Vincent’s Way of Doing Things
This post in the series “A Saint Ahead of His Times” looks at Vincent’s way of doing things. What Vincent did in addressing the major issues of his day is simply astounding. We can learn so much that is still relevant today by looking at what we might call the...
Pentecost and our mental maps
Pentecost changed the mental maps. of the disciples. Our world has changed radically. What adjusments need to be made to our mental maps?
Niagara Faculty Member’s Mission to Explain Vincentian Saints
A Niagara Faculty member seems to have anticipated a recent letter from the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission urging Vincentians world-wide to renew and deepen their relationship with Vincentian Saints, Blessed, Venerable, and Servants of God of the Vincentian Family around the world as models of the Vincentian charism and spirituality. In a […]
Who is standing up to read the scroll today? Luke 4:16
Who is standing up to read the scroll today? Are you?
Changing the Clocks of Our Lives
This year I began to think about this annual ritual of changing clocks as a metaphor for our lives. What if we could “replay” an hour that we lost in our lives. And if we could skip ahead what do we need to change in the present?
The fire in all missioners
The fire of the “missionary option” burns in the heart of every missioner associated in any way with the Congregation of the Mission.
Niagara teaches Vincentian Mission via Business
Learning the Vincentian Mission through a business school class at Niagara University. During the fall 2013 semester, students enrolled in Dr. Anna McNab’s Operations and Information Management classes not only learned about the importance of information systems for the world of business, they also had an opportunity to practice helping those in need. The students participated in […]