VLM Jenna Carbone Returns to Ethiopia

From Jenna … It is hard to believe that it has already been a week since we arrived from the capital, Addis. I am here in Jimma and loving life as usual. It has been a very easy transition this time around, as everything feels very normal and familiar. As much as I hate that [...]

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Noticias: Misioneros Seglares Vicencianos EEUU||News: VLM-USA

Un grupo de misioneros acaba de regresar de Bahir Dar, Etiopía, donde se dieron talleres a los maestros. Hoy, seis más están en camino a Jimma, Etiopía. Seis otros que ir a Nairobi y Thigio (Kenia) a comienzos de agosto. Estos dos últimos grupos acaba de terminar su preparación en la Universidad DePaul en Chicago, [...]

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Charity and Relationships || the Personal side

Matt de Boer is a Vincentian Lay Missionary now home and working as a teacher in New Orleans. What follows is an excerpt of his New Year’s letter. It addresses, in a concrete way, the struggle to understand the failure of a simple “charity” response to poverty . . . “Instead of closing with a [...]

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Vincentian Lay Missionaries – USA || Reunion 2008

Twenty-three of the thirty Vincentian Lay Missionaries from the United States met in Chicago on “All Saints / All Souls Weekend” (October 31-November 2, 2008) to deepen their bonds of community and mission as they participated in their annual retreat together. The accompanying video features a look at all thirty missionaries. The retreat was led [...]

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Vincentian Spirituality: A Spirituality Of the Poor? A Spirituality Of Justice?

An interesting work by Dan Paul Borlik, C.M. Introduction:         In 1625 Vincent de Paul founded the Congregation of the Mission and in 1633 he co-founded the Daughters of Charity along with Louise de Marillac. His primary heritage to both these apostolic groups, along with many other individuals and groups such as the Ladies of [...]

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Ginjo Unleashed!

by Aidan, CM The “Ginjo School,” actually John Paul II school in Jimma, Ethiopia, was one of the teaching sites for the Vincentian Lay Missionaries this year. The folks were gathered into a community because they were afflicted with leprosy and had been living in a cemetery until the Daughters of Charity intervened on their [...]

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Where’s Mitiku?

Alicia Robey, who will be staying on here in Jimma until next spring, has a gift of letting her heart be broken. An amazing young woman . . . “Every day for my first week here I kept asking to myself and others, “Where’s Mitiku?” He hadn’t come to school at all, and my students [...]

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from the Amhara State — Bahir Dar

Mark Buerle, spiritual coordinator for the VLM in Bahir Dar, writes, “Still having trouble taking everything in this year. I want to, but my mind says otherwise. My heart is trying, and I have been on an emotional roller coaster the last 3 days, and I don’t know why. Everyday I see the face of [...]

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Tiny Joys

We are so privileged to work with children — from infants through high school. At the Ginjo school, their joy often breaks forth into dance! Take a lookat this little video shot by VLM Krissy Bennett (videos will be VERY brief, due to connection speeds at a 33.2Kb/s Max.):

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The Land of Bread and Honey

by Matt de Boer, VLM Greetings once again from Jimma, Ethiopia. I was supposed to be en route to Bahir Dar (where I was last year) right now, but you never know with things here in Ethiopia. Thus, our flight was cancelled and I’ll try again next weekend. Thus, here is a quick update on [...]

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