Formation
Do You Remember 9/11… and 8/4?
by John Freund, CM | August 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
The explosion on 8/4 will be seared into the minds of every person in Lebanon. Beirut, with its estimated 300,000 homeless is almost already forgotten in world media.
A Canadian View: Systemic Racism – What Can I Do?
by Jim Paddon | August 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
I recently posed the following questions to our social justice network within the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP), Canada.
Is Amazon’s Huge Homeless Shelter Enough?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | August 13, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 1 Comment
Why might Amazon’s model housing project not be enough?
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, #7: Another Look at the Coronavirus Pandemic
by Henri Matsinga, C.M. | August 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
More than four months have passed since the first positive case of COVID-19 was reported here in Rwanda.
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Leaven or Fungus for “Thy Kingdom Come!”?
by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Leaven is “a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better.” Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. When are we leaven … and when are we fungi for the Kingdom?
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Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water
by Jim Claffey | Aug 5, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
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A Vincentian View: Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayers
by Pat Griffin, CM | Aug 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
An important maxim in Christian tradition affirms simply lex orandi, lex credendi that can be rendered “The law of praying is the law of believing.”
14 Stations after the resurrection?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
14 Stations after the resurrection?
Vincentian Family Collaboration Commission Meets
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 12, 2015 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Their first order of business was an evaluation of the Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Programs (VFCAP) which have started to take place on regional levels.
Can you explain systemic change?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 9, 2015 | Formation, Systemic change
Could you explain Systemic Change in 10 steps?
The Emmaus Imagination Fr. Tom McKenna
by John Freund, CM | Apr 9, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The Emmaus Imagination – A restructured imagination
“What is essential is invisible to the eye” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
by Ross Dizon | Apr 8, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Second Sunday of Easter (B), April 12, 2015 – Acts 4, 32-35; 1 Jn 5, 1-6; Jn 20, 19-31 Whoever is begotten by God conquers the world (1 Jn 5, 4) The risen Jesus penetrates our blindness, breaks through our deafness, overcomes our defenses and allays our fears, so that...
“A Week of Sundays” Reflections from Fr.Pat Griffin
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2015 | Formation
“A Week of Sundays” Reflections from Fr.Pat Griffin
Maloney – The Cross in Vincentian Spirituality
by John Freund, CM | Apr 3, 2015 | News, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Maloney – The Cross in Vincentian Spirituality
Driving Jesus – Walking the way of the cross
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity
In “Driving Jesus” Tracy Kemme of the Sisters of Charity Cincinnati) reflects on walking the way of the cross with a Guatemalan mother.
The Eucharist in Vincentian Tradition
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
“The Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition – Love is Creative unto Infinity”