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Becoming Good Friends • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 29, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Being a Father: Gift and Responsibility • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 22, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Spiritual and the Temporal • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 15, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Charity as the Foundation of Faith • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | October 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Laity are Apostles • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Mr. Bailly [...] told me about all the tribulations that the Society [of Saint Vincent de Paul] had to suffer on the...
A Church that is Poor and for the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 5, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Perhaps it is bad the alliance of Catholics with the defeated bourgeoisie; it would be better to lean on the people,...
Are You Ready To Give Up … To Serve?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 24, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Sometimes, maybe even many times, we walk into situations with preconceived notions about what is needed.
Do You Have the Courage to Serve?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
”Do we have the courage to go out of our comfort zones and serve?”
Does Your Compassion Lead To Solidarity?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Our vision in faith leads to compassion, a compassion that leads inevitably to real and lasting solidarity.
Why Do I Do What I Do?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
MINISTRY AS A CALL – why do I do what I do?
Collaboration #3: Leadership #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 28, 2017 | Collaboration, Formation
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the third of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
Am I Weak Enough To Be A Vincentian?
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Jim Cormack reflects on seven hallmarks of Vincentian service and raises the question “Am I weak enough to serve?”
Collaboration #2: The People #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 25, 2017 | Collaboration, Formation
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the second of a three-part "reworking" of...
Collaboration #1: The Culture #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 25, 2017 | Collaboration, Formation
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the first of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 8 • Vincent and Louise – A Lived and Living Vision #famvin400
by John Freund, CM | Apr 8, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the eighth and last of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism in light of the Social Doctrine of the Church” by Sr. María Pilar López. As noted earlier, "These...