by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 30, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
On December 20, 1923, Patrick and Mary Richardson welcomed a son into the world. Their boy, John, was born in Dallas, Texas, and ten days later was baptized at Holy Trinity Church, the local Vincentian Parish. His childhood was in the shadow of Holy Trinity Parish,...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 28, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
It is mid-day on Tuesday, March 22, a perfect day of sunshine, warmth, and blue skies. I am at a retreat house in London, a quiet respite from the bustling crowds of tourists and general merry-goers of the city. During my presentation this morning—Vincentian Values...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 22, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Let me say right off the bat that I have never liked the season of Lent. I’ve been a priest for almost 40 years, and I should know better. Yet I still dread the buzzkill of Ash Wednesday. It’s not the traditional practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that I...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 21, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Monday, March 14. I am writing from Paris at about noon. I am here to conduct training for staff of Depaul International—Irish and English employees who work for the homeless. My co-presenters are Sr. Maria Parcher, DC, from the United Kingdom and my boss, Mark...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 14, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
In 1600 France, St. Vincent DePaul was a man ahead of his time. When missionaries were evangelizing in countries far and wide, St. Vincent DePaul recognized our need to be evangelized by the poor. His was a ministry of mutuality. As St. Vincent realized his two-fold...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 14, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Barry Posner, an old friend and co-author of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge, tells the story of having dinner with his wife and his father at a nice San Francisco restaurant. At the end of the meal, his father was excusing himself from the table when he fell...
