by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 30, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
U.N. Sustainable Development Goal Number-11 One day we’ll all be flying electric cars and living in solar-powered homes, but we’re not quite there yet. In fact, only half of the world’s urban population even has convenient access to public transit, much less a flying...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 27, 2022 | Carousel, Education/Evangelization
By Fr. Ray Van Dorpe, C.M. The feast day for St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Congregation of the Mission, is celebrated Sept. 27. For this occasion, Fr. Ray Van Dorpe, C.M., offers the following reflection. One of the most often-quoted lines from St. Vincent...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 11, 2022 | Carousel, Education/Evangelization, Province News
In the coming months, we will begin a series of articles to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Vincentians’ service in China. As a prelude, we offer the story of St. John Gabriel Peryboyre, C.M., a Vincentian martyr who, like St. Francis Regis Clet before...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Aug 30, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Blessed Ghebre-Michael was born about 1790. Due to an injury that resulted in the loss of one eye, he was considered unfit for most work. He showed acumen in his studies and eventually entered a monastery. He was not preparing for ordination, rather he focused his...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Aug 2, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
And the word of the day is “inter-connectivity.” Connectedness. Linkages. Look again at the photo, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the heart of the United Nation’s Agenda for People, Prosperity and the Planet. All 193 Member States committed to this...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jul 30, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Born in San Fele, south of Naples, in 1800 to a wealthy family, Justin de Jacobis joined the Vincentians in 1818 in Naples and was ordained in 1824. His early priesthood was spent primarily as a preacher of missions and retreats in his native region. He tirelessly...
