Jul 3, 2024 | Mission Integration
Life is not random. God puts us here for a reason. So often we have no idea what that reason is. Two friends were driving down the highway, when their car got a flat tire. They pulled over to the side of the road and, since neither of them knew how to change a...
Jun 5, 2024 | Mission Integration
Have you ever wondered what it means to be mature? So often we say of someone else, “That person is acting so immature.” Here are some interesting characteristics of a truly mature individual. How do you stack up? Steps to Maturity Maturity is the ability to...
May 8, 2024 | Mission Integration
One of our Vincentian’s values is Advocacy: pleading the cause of another. On May 19 we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost ~ the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. We have here the perfect example of what advocacy, and being an advocate, is all about. I...
Apr 2, 2024 | Mission Integration
Did you ever stop to think about the impact you have on the people around you? Pause and think about this for a moment. When You Thought I Wasn’t Lookingby Mary Rita Schilke Sill When you thought I wasn’t lookingYou hung my first painting on the refrigerator, and I...
Mar 7, 2024 | Mission Integration
So often we think of Lent as culminating in the Triduum (Holy Thursday thru Holy Saturday). What happens if we think of Lent and the Easter season as a unified whole? The following message was written by Fr. John Klassen, OSB: “On our campus in early spring, we burn...
Feb 8, 2024 | Mission Integration
As we venture into the Lenten season, let us consider Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Nobody wants to change. We are as we are because we like being like this. Or because we’re used to it. Sameness is familiar and comforting, and it suits us. It...
