by cduggan@vincentian.org | Oct 24, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are the backbone of the United Nation’s global plan for people, prosperity, and the planet, with a target date of 2030 and the promise to leave no one behind. Spoiler Alert: we aren’t going to make it. Not in the U.S., and not...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Oct 19, 2022 | Education/Evangelization, Province News
By Sharon Essner This monthly series on the China Missions of the 20th and 21st centuries leads up to the 2023 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Congregation of the Mission Western Province’s ministry in China. We begin with an introduction of the...
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...
