Formation
Feast Day of St. Agostina Pietrantoni, Sister of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret
by Famvin Media Resources | November 13, 2020 | Formation | 0 Comments
“Let us work now; one day we will rest.”
Thinking Through the McCarrick Scandal
by John Freund, CM | November 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
The “McCarrick Report” is gut-wrenching. How do we make sense of it? What can we learn?
“There is no Charity without Justice” – St. Vincent de Paul
by Sister Margaret Louise Brown, DC | November 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“There is no Charity without Justice.” In other words, there is no love without justice. There is no living the Gospel without Justice.
A Homeless Veteran and Cancer Survivor
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | November 12, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
Lucrecia is a cancer survivor and was in the army for four years. She lives homeless in a tent in Los Angeles’s Koreatown.
Are You a Vincentian Cricket?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
It is only in my later years that I have realized how he has influenced the Church of today!
Widow who Offers All She Has to Live on
by Ross Dizon | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wholly offers himself to take away our sins. In this sacrifice shares the widow who gives all she has to live...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History V
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent de Paul would suffer all his life from the obsession to put the entire Church at the service of the poor.
Living in Community || Ministering in Groups
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 27, 2015 | Collaboration, Formation
In all the Vincentian Family, we either minister in groups, in communities, or families. On this Feast of the Holy Family, I though I would share some ideas on how this can function more fruitfully. St. Vincent de Paul had something to say, and contemporary thinkers...
What Can I Give?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 25, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
https://youtu.be/kjRXIiZ8bs0 This is to give the greatest gift: to go out from ones self and to enter the world of the “other,” is to understand the meaning of Christmas. For this journey, there are five virtues, seen by Vincent as those characteristic of Jesus,...
Can I go to them?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
Can I go to them? This is the question Pope Francis asked when he learned that three people were killed in a neighborhood of Bangui, capital of the war-torn Central African Republic. It wasn’t in the schedule so the Pope immediately asked the Nuncio: ‘can I go, can I...
Savior and Messiah and Lord of all
by Ross Dizon | Dec 22, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The Savior comes with a great light to save us in an unexpected way. Now appears the grace of God. Though he may dictate to the whole world, Caesar Augustus does not save, nor does governor Quirinius, an opportunist among many, not even king David, who gives renown to...
LCUSA Christmas Prayer Service
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2015 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
This year’s beautiful Christmas prayer service was prepared for us by Sr. Carol Schumer, D.C. Abundant blessings for the remainder of Advent and throughout the Christmas season! See also their store for possible gifts to be delivered after the Christmas rush.
Mary and Darkness – Fr. Tom Mckenna reflects
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Father Tom McKenna offers this final Advent reflection - Mary and Darkness There’s a verse somewhere in the Advent readings which sets a tone for much of the season. “Over you shall come a great darkness.” If you heard that line standing by itself and out of the...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of the Eucharist
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 21, 2015 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Founded in 1889 in Greece at Thessalonica (now Salonika) by Reverend Joseph Alloatti, C.M., (1857-1933), and Sister Marianna Pucci, D.C., (1848-1918) with the purpose of promoting Eucharistic devotion in Macedonia and Bulgaria, especially by religious education of...
A Cry in the Silence
by John Freund, CM | Dec 20, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
A Cry in the Silence - Another reflection in Fr. Pat Griffin's series Considering Consecrated Life Of all the songs associated with the Christmas season, is any one more widely known or sung than “Silent Night”? I think that every Christmas pageant or show which I...
Vincentians of Wherever: Leaders
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 20, 2015 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
One of my Vincentian friends sent me a link to an organizational development slideshare presentation about leaders and leadership that reminded me of work being done by Vincentians at DePaul University as part of Vincent on Leadership: the Hay Project. (You can view...