Evangelization

A Wide-angle View – Vocations To the Charism

by John Freund, CM | October 30, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment

Fr. Mavric invites every member of the Vincentian Family to take one very concrete step; that is, every member is to bring one new candidate to one of the branches of the Vincentian Family.

I Know What the Poor Need and Want!

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

To be a missionary is to leave one’s proper world and one’s secure place in the world in order to enter the world of the other; it is to leave one’s place in order to enter the place of the poor and to accompany the poor with the gospel.

Vincentians Then and Now – Dodging Rocks With Immigrants

by John Freund, CM | April 12, 2019 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

The first Vincentian priests in the U.S. stood with immigrants dodging the rocks thrown by jeering Know Nothings who opposed them.

Mary’s Digital Home “Liked” By Almost 3 Million People

by John Freund, CM | December 8, 2018 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Social Media, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments

Do you know the address of the Facebook page that has been “liked” by 2.9 million people?

Planning a Campaign: Now on Social

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 26, 2016 | Evangelization, Social, Social Media

Evangelization takes planning. Planning takes research. Research means reading a lot of current marketing articles....

Prayer Meeting With People: Vincentian Family Serves In Kiev

by Javier F. Chento | Apr 22, 2016 | Evangelization, News

"A poor soul cried, and the Lord has heard her” These words from the Bible bring hope. Every person is a poor soul...

Catholic Extension Society brings nuns from Latin America

by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2014 | Evangelization

Catholic Extension Society brings nuns from Latin America thanks to a 3 million dollar grant from Hilton Foundation. The program will send more than 30 women religious to diocese throughout the US to serve the underserved immigrant population in the US.

VinFormation provides hints for “New evangelization”

by John Freund, CM | Oct 9, 2014 | Evangelization, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

VinFormation provides hints for “New evangelization” in a new video The Shortest Route To Evangelization Is Through Service

Christ the evangelizer to the evangelizing Church

by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2014 | Evangelization, Formation

From Christ the evangelizer to the evangelizing Church – Follow a trajectory “Paul VI to Pope Francis” with Félix Álvarez Sagredo, CM

New Evangelization and the parish – Vincentian perspectives

by John Freund, CM | Jul 25, 2014 | Evangelization

Some thoughts from the article Vincentian “Parishes and the New Evangelization” …. A truly evangelizing parish

Vincentian Family to celebrate New Evangelization

by John Freund, CM | Jul 24, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family

The leaders of various branches of the Vincentian Family have called for a year to celebrate New Evangelization. In this segment of Formation Friday VinFormation offers some of its relevant resources. Over the coming months it will prepare many more.

Practical Evangelization in the spirit of Vincent

by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2014 | Evangelization, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

As part of their ongoing preparation to celebrate their 400th anniversary the AIC (Association of International Charities) offers this continuing formation reflection devoted to practical evangelization in the spirit of Vincent.

Turn virtual encounters into real ones

by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2014 | Evangelization, Technology: Issues and Uses

The Australian catholic website XT3 has a suggestion that could apply to all of us… Ahead of this year's World Communications Day (25 May in Australia & 1 June around the world), Xt3 has teamed up with Catholic Talk and we are inviting you take up Pope Francis'...

Superior General washes dishes

by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family

Vincentian Superior General washing dishes for the Daughters of Charity in Macon Georgia on the eve of Holy Thursday. As noted in an earlier post he is spending Holy Week with them and visiting their ministries in an hispanic parish.

Toward a Vincentian Campus Culture

by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family

The Very Rev. G. Gregory Gay, C.M., a 1976 Niagara University alumnus and Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, yesterday gave this presentation on the development of a Vincentian “campus culture” in higher education. It was entitled "Hard Work and...

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