by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 28, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
My father ran for the office of mayor of our small town when I was in high school. He ran out of a sense of doing his civic duty and wanting to make a difference. Our town was on the Mississippi river in Illinois and otherwise peaceful and a comfortable place to live...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 24, 2022 | Province News
With the fresh outbreak of hostility erupting in Europe, the International Vincentian Family Office issued the following letter of support for the people of Ukraine: February 24, 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers of our Vincentian Family National Council in the Ukraine,...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 22, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
I had an appointment with my dentist recently. I always look forward to seeing Larry—I think all his patients call him Larry—even though my time with him is always short and I really cannot talk much with his hands in my mouth. I have been seeing him for more than 30...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 14, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
Fr. Michael Joyce, C.M., recently received the Canon Law Society of America’s Role of Law Award at its convention in San Diego. The distinguished award is given to “an individual considered to be outstanding in the field of canonical science.” The Board selects a...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 14, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
A young woman in a TV news report was explaining very nicely that if her child wanted to wear a mask as school he could. If he did not want to wear a mask at school, he did not have to. My immediate thought was, and if he wanted to play with a loaded gun, would that...
