The quick answer is… find a pair of rose-colored glasses.
Formation
Receiving Communion (Mt 10:40, Lk 10:16; Jn 13:20)
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.”
Daring To Pray For Structural Change
by John Freund, CM | July 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Everyone wants structural change. Do we pray for it?
Respond to More than Just Our Needs
by Ross Dizon | July 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Would Vincent Think Today
by John Freund, CM | July 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
What would Vincent think about what this family could do today?
Loaves and Fish of the Poor for the Poor
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...
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? III
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent’s inner experience of the divine… what was its texture, shape, and direction?
Frederick Ozanam – “The Book of the Sick”
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.
Snowflakes, and Vows, that wake up the world
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.
Wise Asset Management in Kenya
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....
FamVinES on Social Networks
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...
Lenten Online Discernment Retreat
by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested
60 Seconds with Sister Julie Kubasak, DC
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister
Would a Missionary give up Swahili (Facebook) for Lent?
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.”
Stir into flame… Tom McKenna CM
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.”
The lure of the desert
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....