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the week of June 19, 2025
Thank you for opening Vincentian Voices today. This is the newsletter of the Vincentians of the Eastern Province. This week, we focus on the perspectives of our Vincentian priests, including Fr. John Freund, CM, whose writings return to VinSights!
Kudos to the six readers who correctly guessed last week’s electrovalent bond question. That was taken from an AP chemistry practice exam!
Let’s get started with this week’s Vincentian news.
Vinsights
Vincentian Insights from the Province
Fr. John Freund, CM
“Many of us sit back, acting as armchair quarterbacks, passing judgment on what we see from a distance. We make judgments. But, we don’t react to wrongs we see with much sadness, let alone action.”
Fr. Tom McKenna, CM
“The lesson for us: to stand with the disciples and listen to this farewell sentence as if we were hearing it for the first time: ‘Love one another. As I have loved you, so you should love one another.'”
Fr. Pat Griffin, CM
“One need not go to Paris to claim the promises of the Blessed Mother or to celebrate the gift of the Miraculous Medal. But, there is something special about this simple Chapel.”
A
message
from
Father
Steve
Grozio,
CM
Dear friends,
Last Tuesday, St. Vincent’s Seminary celebrated the priesthood and vows anniversaries of the confreres with a festive dinner. We thanked Our Lord for the call to Vincentian ministry that we have received. Let us always pray that Our Lord will continue to call young men to be Vincentian priests and brothers.
The Vincentian Solidarity Office’s Annual Report for 2024
[The Vincentian Solidarity Office (VSO) is a program of service of the General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission in Rome, Italy. Its mission is to mobilize and manage resources while also building capacity and accountability for its work of evangelization and service of the poor.]
Fr. Joel Bernardo, CM, has shared the VSO Annual Report for 2024. At the Visitors Meeting in Paris, Vincentian Provinces around the world expressed their gratitude for work done by Fr. Joel and his team out of their small office in the archive building in Germantown. We are blessed to be able to support that work.
May God bless you in the week ahead, and may Our Lady wrap you in her love and grace, drawing you closer to her Son.
Yours in St. Vincent,
Fr. Steve Grozio, CM
Seminarian heads South
Seminarian Saúl Bonifacio is spending a month away from the Miraculous Medal House in New York City, to travel south and visit Our Lady of Guadalupe in Charlotte, North Carolina. We pray that this visit deepens his faith and gives him strength along his vocational journey!
Our Lady of Guadalupe runs a fantastic Facebook page. Posts can be easily translated and we recommend giving them a follow!
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Trivia time!
1. Who was canonized this month 288 years ago?
2. Who was traded by the Boston Red Sox this week?
3. What did police have to chase at 3 mph this week in South Carolina?
last week’s results
1. Which saint did Catholic worshippers travel to Alba de Tormes, Spain, to see her briefly unsealed remains?
13 guesses
11 correct answers
2. What’s another name for an electrovalent bond, the type of chemical bond that involves the transfer of electrons from one atom to another, resulting in oppositely charged ions that are attracted to each other?
10 guesses
6 correct answers
3. What pop band plans to reunite this summer as all of their military assignments conclude?
9 guesses
7 correct answers
Prayer requests
Please pray for the repose of the souls of:
Those who lost their lives in the school shooting in Austria
All the Vincentian Priests and Brothers who have gone before us
Please remember in your prayers:
Those who were injured in the school shooting in Austria
Our confreres in St. Catherine’s Infirmary
All those affected by war
All those affected by natural disasters
All victims of violence and their families
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