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2019 Tornadoes: An Avalanche of Needs
The area surrounding Queen of Martyrs Parish in North Dayton is filled with hard-working families not used to needing nor asking for help. That self-sufficiency was tested a year ago when a devastating F4 tornado, carrying 170 mph winds, left a path of destruction in...
The Longest I’ve Ever Been Anywhere—and Making It
Donny H. says his apartment and the new garden at Key Terrace in Kettering have given him roots for the first time in a long time. Key Terrace is a permanent supportive housing complex — owned by Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, with supportive services offered by...
Vincentian Reflections: May 17, 2020
Gospel: (John 14:15-21) Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees...
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Introducing the Book Roost!
In February 2019, the Rooster crowed with the dawning of a new book program within The St. Vincent de Paul Dayton area community thrift stores: “The Book Roost!" While both the Edwin C. Moses and Salem Community Thrift Stores always had some books (less than 50 each...
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Vincentian Reflections
Reflections for August 4, 2019 Gospel: (Luke 12:13-21)Jesus said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Then he told them a parable: “There was a rich man whose land produced a...
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Reflections for July 28, 2019) Gospel: (Luke 11:1-13) Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.” Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be...
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Reflections for July 21, 2019) Gospel: (Luke 10:38-42) Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him...
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Reflections for July 14, 2019) Gospel: (Luke 10:25-37) There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said…“And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped him and went off...
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