So Said Saint Vincent
— St. Vincent de Paul
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VinSights
Vincentian Insights from the Province
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Fr. John Freund, CM
She had No Idea She was a Vincentian
A true story of the moment a woman discovered that she and her husband were already Vincentian. Fr. Freund explores the implications of what she learned. Read his reflection HERE.
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Fr. Tom McKenna, CM
Seeing What’s There (John 9:39)
How many times have you heard people use the phrase, “I finally woke up?” Nine out of ten times it doesn’t mean waking up from sleep but rather waking up to something you didn’t notice before, something to which you were mostly blind. Read Fr. Mc Kenna's reflection HERE.
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Fr. Patrick Griffin, CM
A Vincentian View:
The Way of the Cross
The cross is not simply a goal but also a starting point. From the foot of the cross, the Christian Community went forth to encounter the risen Lord who brought them the gifts of life reborn and of hope undimmed. Read Fr. Griffin's reflection HERE on the way of the cross.
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Special VinSight
"Be Like Jesus"
Newly Ordained Deaconate Orlando Chavarría Gutiérrez
Begins his Journey
“I want to engage in the same ministry as Jesus … and His ministry par excellence was that of doing good,” states Orlando. While he realizes the challenges he will face as a young man and a Vincentian missionary, he is determined to fulfill his commitment.
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Ordination 2023:
Highlights of the Deaconate Ordination
of Orlando Gutiérrez, CM
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The deaconate ordination of Orlando Ariel Chavarría Gutiérrez, CM, at our Panama ministry, was celebrated on Saturday morning, February 11. Confreres and laity from all over the Region of Panama, as well as Daughters of Charity, priests and seminarians from the Archdiocese of Panama, many members of Orlando’s family gathered in St. Mary’s Church, Balboa for the joyful celebration. See the highlights HERE.
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Vincentian Family at the United Nations |
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Resolutions and the New Year |
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Jim Claffey, Vincentian UN Representative, informs us about a historic resolution, achieved by the Vincentian Family NGOs and allies through persistent effort over four years, which establishes homelessness as a stand-alone issue. Previously lumped in as one aspect of poverty, homelessness is now seen by the UN as its own issue, to be addressed as such.
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A Circuitous Route
Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM, tells the Vincentian narrative to current and new audiences using modern-days tools and messaging.
Fr. Rooney believes his many ministries give him strength, rather than take it. Yet, the fact that he is ministering at all, let alone serving for forty years as a Vincentian and thirty-five years as a Vincentian Priest, would be a big surprise to the young kid on Staten Island. “My vocation to the Vincentians and the priesthood took a circuitous route,” Fr. Rooney says. “I didn’t even meet a Vincentian until I was an adult.”
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Meet Fr. Patrick Flangan, CM
A monthly series in Vincentian Voices where we ask five random questions to an Eastern Province Priest or Brother.
This month, we talk with Fr. Patrick Flanagan, CM, who serves and teaches at St. John’s University in New York.
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Vincentian Chair Lecture Stresses Importance of Authentic Belonging
What does it mean to belong to a nation?
“What becomes clear is that the valuable description of belonging becomes restricted to certain individuals of a particular color, social class, and religious background," says Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M. , Executive Director, Vincentian Center for Church and Society. ‘Americanization’ is that process of inclusion and exclusion. Dr. Copeland demonstrates that citizenship separates more than it unites.”
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“As a binational university, Niagara University has a legacy of education in Ontario, and a great history of working closely with Niagara College in providing educational pathways that lead to career opportunities for their students,” said
Fr. James J. Maher, CM, President of Niagara University. “This partnership advances our strategic collaboration, creates a seamless application process for students, provides a dual admission scholarship, and gives students a clear direction into an academic pathway.
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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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Fr. Rooney's most popular Vincentian Minute video from the past month is titled,
A Vincentian Lent
Fr. Rooney relates the themes of Lent to Vincentian Spiritual Practice
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Vincent, Pope Francis and the Eucharist |
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“Love is creative even to infinity.” Those words of St. Vincent are frequently quoted to remind us to show love to others. Pope Francis affirms that God’s infinite gift to us of the Eucharist calls us to keep our focus, not on distracting diversions about taste but on why we celebrate the Eucharist, to draw deeper into the mystery of God’s infinite love for all of us creative to infinity. Read the reflection HERE.
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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on
my dreams.
Photo by: Hira Thakni
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Comic by Fr. Al Pehrsson, CM
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