The quick answer is… find a pair of rose-colored glasses.
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by Tom McKenna, CM | July 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
After impressing on the disciples who he is and what he stands for, he declares, “whoever receives you receives me.”
by John Freund, CM | July 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Everyone wants structural change. Do we pray for it?
by Ross Dizon | July 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | July 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
What would Vincent think about what this family could do today?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
The quick answer is… find a pair of rose-colored glasses.
by Ross Dizon | Jul 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the answer in full that the Father gives to our prayers. And we poor people ask him to give us this day our...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent’s inner experience of the divine… what was its texture, shape, and direction?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2015 | Formation
The original work is an assemblage of passages from scriptures that he read with his wife, Amelie. It was at her suggestion that he collected them into a manuscript.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity
Although community is largely what draws me to this vocation, I did not previously understand how deeply woven it is into poverty, celibacy and obedience.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 22, 2015 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation, Systemic change
Exploring strategies for systemic change, wise asset management and grant writing is the focus of a gathering the Vincentian missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya these days. Sharing wisdom and seeking wisdom to move from subsidy to self-sufficency is the theme of the event....
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 21, 2015 | Formation, Social Media, Vincentian Family
Our Spanish speaking users of the FamVin network can now keep up on the go with the latest news of and from the Vincentian Family on our social media sites Facebook "famvin" and Twitter "famvinES", or anyone can click the "social" link on the black navigation bar...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister
by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
What’s the first thing a missionary does? Learn the language. This is the language of the world we live. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. You could go “okay, I don’t like Swahili.”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The “Stir Into Flame” is from 2 Timothy 1: 1-8 — plays on Paul’s line here, and also Vincent’s “If love is a fire, then zeal is its flame.”
by Ross Dizon | Feb 17, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
First Sunday of Lent (B), February 22, 2015 – Gen 9, 8-15; 1 Pt 3, 18-22; Mk 1, 12-15 An appeal to God for a clear conscience (1 Pt 3, 21) Driven into the desert by the same Spirit that descended on him at the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the leader of the new exodus....