the calling of a vincentian
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What is a Vincentian?TRANSCRIPT
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In today’s world, what are the duties of those who identify themselves as Vincentians?
The Calling of a Vincentian
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Be a missionary
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Relieve the needs of the poor
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Instill in others a deep sense of their missionary vocation
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Set life's priorities amidst a sea of information and distractions
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Have a profound love for God and a deep love for the human person that leaps beyond using others for one's own personal advantage
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Make the poor always feel welcome
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Create a home for refugees
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Resist and counteract indifference, or the absence of God from the contemporary world
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Foster awareness of issues of justice; combat desensitization
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Let persons' dignity and gifts as human persons, rather than their economic status, be what distinguishes them
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“Search out more than ever, with boldness, humility, and skill, the causes of poverty and encourage short- and long-term solutions; adaptable and effective concrete solutions...”
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Use your knowledge, skills, and resources for investigating and grappling with the causes of poverty, urban problems, rural problems
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Help countries provide better education for all their young
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Help the global community find peace and true human liberty
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Look for the opportunity to come into firsthand contact with the poor: this contact can change your life, enabling you to see a world where the suffering Christ lives on; liberating you to ask: What contribution can I make, even in my own small way, to the future of suffering humanity?
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Be filled with life and vision and hope and enthusiasm and be able to communicate that to others
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Create unity among disparate men and women
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Break down the barriers of division
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Eradicate the crippling causes of poverty
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Love fullness of life and know how to promote it
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Based on a DePaul University Centennial Laureate Lecture by Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
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The Calling of a Vincentian