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...
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...