This reflection started out as a reflection on Catechetical Sunday but wandered off into a reflection on the mind of Christ. I finally came full circle and thought of catechesis as helping someone put on the mind of Christ.
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VLM/VMC Impact: The Decision to Be Vincentian at My Job and in My Life
by Emily Trefry | October 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
I was sure that I was not coming to Chepnyal to cause harm in anyway, therefore the promise of coming in peace and leaving in peace appeared easy.
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, 18: Recognize Myself as Fragile and Dependent
by Benito Núñez | October 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
There is no doubt that there is a need to recognize ourselves as fragile and dependent…
A Vincentian View: The Christ of Vincent de Paul
by Pat Griffin, CM | October 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The pleasure of reading Vincentian authors on the meaning of Christ for Vincent, of looking at Vincent’s own writings and preaching, and of studying the events of his life has tendered me a blessing
Voting As a Sacred Act: Prayer and Reflections
by John Freund, CM | October 28, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Together, let us join in prayer each day for peaceful and just elections using this prayer and reflection.
Zealous for the House, the Kingdom, of God
by Ross Dizon | Sep 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus burns with zeal for the house, for the kingdom, of God. Needless to say, the disciples are to be as zealous as...
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? XII
by John Freund, CM | Sep 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“We really must give ourselves to God…”
Vincentian Faith Brings Joy
by Lynn L'Heureux | Feb 29, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Faith brings Joy - Vincentians Works of Mercy - Reaching our Full Potential – Listen to My Son Vincentian Day of Fast and Prayer – Tuesday March 1, 2016 Vincentian Faith brings Joy - To have faith in Jesus means that we, too, can experience joy even while...
Lenten shift: from fasting to feeding your Vincentian soul
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Lenten Shift, metaphorically "shifting gears" in Lent, can be a helpful process. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can feed the deeper parts of ourselves. This is the first of a four week series that invites us to feed our...
Francis: God is Love
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 27, 2016 | Church, Formation, Pope
Photo By Christoph Wagener - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26614990 Pope Francis addressed the participants of a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘Deus Caritas Est.’ The...
March 3: Death of Bl. Pierre-René Rogue, C.M., Martyr
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 26, 2016 | Formation
Blessed Pierre-René Rogue, C.M. lived a courageous life during the time of the French Revolution, when the clergy was heavily persecuted. It is said that Pierre-René was "vertically challenged" (only 4'10" tall) but as you will see in the presentation below, he had a...
The Spirit bestows charisms @DePaul
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 25, 2016 | Formation, News
The Spirit blows where it will. Sometimes institutions help. Edward Ward's story is a special one. "A young black man lies on the icy floor of a family friend’s first floor apartment. There is no heat, and temperatures in the house are below freezing. He is enrolled...
#IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 25, 2016 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections
Watch this short video and then we'll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5DWa2bpbs Can you see? Remember how Vincent talked about simplicity? "He added that simplicity was a virtue that...
Vincentians Serve! #IamVincent @StJohn’s
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
This past Winter break, January 10-15, students of St. John’s University traveled to Germantown, PA as a part of the university PLUNGE program. One of many service immersion programs offered each year, so named as students “plunge” into a new community and commit to...
A Vincentian View: The Transfiguration
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View The Transfiguration “A Sense of Perspective” When one travels on a plane, one sees that there are different kinds of people. I can identify two groups: there are “window people” and there are “aisle people”—I do not think that there is any such...
Do you pray for systemic change?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
When was the last time you prayed for the success of systemic change? Do you pray for systemic change? By now we are all familiar with Pope Francis asking people to pray for him from his very first appearance as Pope. He is also encouraging us to pray. A question for...