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So Said Saint Vincent
How happy are those
who give themselves to God without reserve
to do the works Jesus Christ did and to practice the virtues
He practiced.
— St. Vincent de Paul
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VinSights
Vincentian Insights from the Province
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Fr. Michael Carroll, CM
What Do Homeless Need
When a Heatwave Comes?
Writing for Invisible People, Kayla Robbins, freelance writer, asks, "What can we do when a heatwave comes?" Here are some highlights. Read the post HERE.
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Fr. John Freund, CM
'Me-ism' In Our World
and Church
The first commitment for each of us must be to work toward a shift from being “me-focused” to “we-focused." Either that or not pray “OUR Father." Read or listen to the post HERE.
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Fr. Pat Griffin, CM
A Vincentian View:
A Simple Man
I characterize Joseph as a simple man. Given his place in the story of salvation, he is extraordinarily ordinary. Read the post HERE.
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Fr. Tom McKenna, CM
The Word
(Deut 4: 1-8; Jas 1:17-27)
I remember a heated conversation between a man who was promising something to a woman...It ended with her exasperated response, “Those are just words.” Read the post HERE.
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Special VinSight
To Believe, Teach, and Practice:
Forty Years a Priest, and Counting
By Fr. John T. Maher, CM
Reflecting on his 40th Jubilee, Eastern Province Vincentian, Fr. John Maher, CM, writes, "...a prescient passage from the ordination rite comes to mind." Read his poignant reflection HERE.
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Vincentian Vocations
Vocations Director Profiled
Fr. Luis Romero, CM, Director of Vocations for the Vincentians of the Eastern Province, was profiled in VISION Vocation Network, a resource of the National Religious Vocation Conference. READ HERE.
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National Migration Week Series September 20 – 26 |
VIDEO: The Miraculous Medal Shrine’s Beyond Sunday hosted the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s World Day of Prayer for Migrants and Refugees Mass on Monday, September 20, and are presenting weeklong reflection videos beginning Sept. 20 through Sept. 26. Watch the videos HERE.
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New Eastern Province Video Earns Emmy Nomination
A Separate Video Won an Emmy in 2019
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Ready and Able: A Vincentian Story has been nominated for a 2021 Emmy under the “Human Interest” category. Beating out a record-number of films to reach this nomination, Ready and Able now goes up against five films for the coveted Emmy.
Individuals list in the nomination are: Bill Rose, Producer; Mary Jo Timlin Hoag, Executive Producer; Christopher Grosso, Producer; Steven Whitcombe, Director; Danielle Ferrari, Producer.
You can watch the film in multiple languages HERE.
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St. John’s Administrator Honored by Bread & Life |
Joseph Sciame ’71Ed, Vice President, Office of Community Relations, received the Dr. Pamela Shea-Byrnes Award. St. John’s Bread & Life was founded in 1982 as a ministry of the Daughters of Charity and the Vincentians at St. John the Baptist Parish. It soon expanded beyond the parish boundaries and grew into a freestanding, not-for-profit corporation. Read more HERE.
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Niagara University Named Best Value in New York State by U.S. News and World Report |
Niagara University’s outstanding academic experience is the most affordable in New York state, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of “America’s Best Colleges.” Among regional universities in the north, Niagara was ranked number one in the state, and number two overall, as a “Best Value.” Read more HERE.
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Vincentian Fr. Ron Ramson, CM, Releases New Book on Mary |
This Western Province Vincentian's new book on the Blessed Mother, Put Your Hands into Hers, offers an in-depth look at Mary through interesting, informative, and inspirational insight into the human side of this special woman's life. You can purchase the book on Amazon HERE.
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Vincentian Superior General Pens Letter for Feast of St. Vincent |
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, offers encouragement, guidance, and updates on some initiatives.
Read the letter in English HERE, or Spanish HERE.
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SUPPORT the Work of the Vincentians
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The Vincentian Priests and Brothers of the Eastern Province serve those on the margins in areas often forgotten by the world.
This includes pastoring the poorest of parishes, prison ministry, addiction recovery, immigrant and migrant services, and much more.
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Give Me Five Throwback!
This month, we revisit our first-ever Give Me Five featuring Fr. Michael Shea, CM. At the time it was published, some people had trouble opening the link, so we're sharing it once again. To read it, click HERE.
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Fr. Rooney's most popular Vincentian Minute video from the past month is titled,
A Vincentian Minute - Vincentian Discernment Four
To watch the short video, click the image above or click HERE.
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BY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
"My own heart let me more have pity on."
My own heart let me more have pity on; let
Me live to my sad self hereafter kind,
Charitable; not live this tormented mind
With this tormented mind tormenting yet.
I cast for comfort I can no more get
By groping round my comfortless, than blind
Eyes in their dark can day or thirst can find
Thirst's all-in-all in all a world of wet.
Soul, self; come, poor Jackself, I do advise
You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile
Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room; let joy size
At God knows when to God knows what; whose smile
's not wrung, see you; unforeseen times rather — as skies
Between pie mountains — lights a lovely mile.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ (1844 - 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame placed him among the leading Victorian poets. |
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Comic by Fr. Al Pehrsson, CM |
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