Formation
Encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’: Summary and Commentary (Part 5)
by René Stockman | November 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bro. René Stockman offers here a short summary of chapter 5 of the Encyclical Letter “Fratelli Tutti”, followed by a more personal reflection.
Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Video)
by Famvin Media Resources | November 27, 2020 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation | 0 Comments
Short video “Mary is the Bridge” celebrating the 190th Anniversary of the Miraculous Medal (1830-2020).
Les Miserables – Vincentian Influences and Reflections
by John Freund, CM | November 27, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 1 Comment
Les Miserables strikes a chord in Vincentians when they hear… To love another person is to see the face of God. Victor Hugo admired Vincent de Paul. He based the character of the Bishop on Vincent de Paul.
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, 22: United Despite the Distance that Separates Us
by Juana Perete | November 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We have been very close as a family despite the distance between our homes.
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What is the Prequel of Today’s “Synodal Process”?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Here I reflect on a “prequel” to the very first council, the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15). I will also fast-forward to the two-year-long “sequel” taking place right now.
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Kingly and Faithful Witnesses to the Truth
by Ross Dizon | Nov 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the King that God has raised. Hence, his kingdom is not from this world of lies. And he expects his...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History VII
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“…the Kingdom of God is near and that Kingdom is for [the poor].”
Vincent was not always a Saint
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent was not always a saint. What were the key formative events? Eamonn Flanagan, CM, from the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission, offered these reflections originally published in 1982 in "Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation...
Poverty as social sin
by John Freund, CM | Jan 29, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Poverty: An Opportunity for Encounter or Exclusion? By: Marian Lamoureux North Central Region Voice of the Poor Leader As Vincentians, have we ever thought about poverty as “social sin?” This notion of social sin is a powerful concept in Catholic social thought and...
Who is Family – Fr. Tom McKenna, CM
by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Who is Family?” (Mk 3:31-5) To better digest this story about Jesus’ question, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” I ask you to try a little exercise in imagination. You’re at a family wedding, brothers and sisters, mother and father, cousins and children and...
Prophet also means rejected
by Ross Dizon | Jan 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus states he is a prophet with the same destiny as the other prophets rejected by their own people. He explains that he is God’s good and amazing Word to the poor. And right away he is revealed as a prophet. That is because, notwithstanding their initial expression...
Family and Service
by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
I believe we have to try to put ourselves in the place of the family who has lost all, especially hope and we have to in some way bring them hope and love them as our brothers and sisters, our family.
Serve: Vincentian Collaboration in Madagascar
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In Madagascar, the Vincentian Family has been running for some 20 years now, encouraged by Congregation of the Mission from the start. All branches meet 4 times per year, and at the moment are striving to concretize at all levels, Father Gregory Gay’s words last May,...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Urgent needs of Irish orphans and immigrants led to the founding of this Canadian community in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1854. Bishop Thomas Louis Connolly, OFM Cap. went to the New York novitiate of the Sisters of Charity to call for women to found the new...
A Consecrated Life – Father Patrick Griffin
by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Each member of the Vincentian Family—as all Christians–bears a consecration to God…
Vincentians of Wherever: Rebecca Bowman
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity
A young Vincentian and young missionary, Rebecca Bowman, a 2015 Bethlehem High School graduate from Lebanon, Kentucky (USA), recently volunteered her time with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to work at a house for girls who were at risk for being victims of human...