July 3, 2025
To our American readers, happy Fourth of July eve! Whether you’re enjoying the sun at a beach or lake, or you’re eating your favorite foods at a picnic or cookout, we hope you are having a relaxing holiday. Thank you for opening Vincentian Voices today. This is the newsletter of the Vincentians of the Eastern Province. This week, we bring new Vinsights and news from Niagara and St. John’s universities. Let’s begin.
Vinsights
Vincentian Insights from the Province
Fr. John Freund, CM
“Eucharist is a reminder that our God is a servant God. A God who came not to be served but to teach us how to serve even the least of us, to the last drop of blood.”
Fr. Pat Griffin, CM
“Hope points us into the future with its positive focus and assurance that things will improve with our commitment.”
A
message
from
Father
Steve
Grozio,
CM
Last week, confreres from the Eastern Province and eight confreres from the Vice Province of Costa Rica gathered at the Franciscan Center in Boquete, Panama for their annual retreat. Fr. Pablo Romero, CM, from the Province of Peru was the preacher. Due to the ongoing protests which blocked some main roads in the country, the confreres of Colon were not able to travel to Chiriquí and participated from Villa Paul in Santa Clara, connecting to the conferences via Zoom.
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
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From our Vincentian universities
Trivia time!
1. What day did the Continental Congress vote for independence from Great Britian?
2. How many men signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776?
3. What threw out the first pitch at a recent Reno Aces game?
last week’s results
1. What reforms are people protesting in Panama, leading to the suspension of people’s constitutional protections?
26 guesses
3 correct answer
2. Whose wedding is causing environmental, economic, and other concerns in Venice?
25 guesses
2 correct answer
3. What show is filming in Italy, leaving its sets in Texas and Utah?
19 guesses
16 correct answers
Prayer requests
Please pray for the repose of the souls of:
All the Vincentian Priests and Brothers who have gone before us
Please remember in your prayers:
Our sick brothers and priests
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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