Formation

“Bring Good News To the Poor” – Jesus’ Mission Statement

by John Freund, CM | July 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus Mission statement is short. “Bring Good News to the poor.” Six words! They were the most powerful words in his life. What did these words mean to Saints Vincent and Louise? Us?

Laudato Si’

by Jim Paddon | July 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

As we recognize this fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Good), the Vinfam social justice collaborators have been discussing this topic over the past two monthly calls.

Homeless Advocate Murdered On Park Bench

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | July 9, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments

Paul Behler was a founding member of the advocacy group Housing Our Neighbors; helped start Baltimore’s first street newspaper, Word on the Street, and was part of a Faces Of Homelessness Speakers Bureau.

Lessons Learned During the Pandemic: #2 – An Opportunity to Work on Behalf of Social Justice

by Eduardo Marques Almeida | July 8, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

We must faith in better days and trust that we are guided by the Holy Spirit who will show us the way to establish charity, transformed into the love of God.

St. Francis Regis Clet – Feast Day: July 9

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 4, 2021 | Formation

Learn about St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M. and his Vincentian mission in China around the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, in this presentation.

New video in the Seton Shrine’s Seeker to Saint series: “Storybook Romance”

by .famvin | Jul 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

In 1793, Elizabeth Ann Seton met a dashing man who sweetly called her his dear “Eliza.” That man, William Magee Seton, became the husband Elizabeth dearly loved.

The Pope Video • Social Friendship

by .famvin | Jul 3, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Social Friendship

Vincent and Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindfulness for Managers

by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Vincent and Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindfulness for Managers Is there a connection between the teachings of the Catholic Saint of the 17th Century, Vincent de Paul, and the ancient practice of mindfulness meditation espoused by Zen Buddhism?

Vocation stories of 2 Superiors General

by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family

The week of November 2-8 is Vocation Awareness Week in the USA. We are privileged to be able to celebrate this week with video interviews of two former Superiors General, Gregory Gay and Robert Maloney sharing their vocation stories.

Models of being holy – For all the saints

by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Models of being holy – For all the saints – We all have a vocation to holiness. With all the variations of “takes this test to find out who you are….” Father Robert Maloney CM offer a serious invitation to identify which style of holiness fits you.

Make your bed

by Ross Dizon | Oct 28, 2014 | Formation, Reflections

Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, November 2, 2014 – Lam 3, 17-26; Rom 6, 3-9; Jn 14, 1-6 If we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him (Rom 6, 8) Whether at death I rest eternally in God or my heart stays restless will depend on...

Priesthood – Endangered and Dangerous Vocation

by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2014 | Formation

As the United States celebrates Priests Sunday this article by Josephine Mckenna of
Religion News Service Italian priest, unfazed by death threats, goes after the Mafia caught my eye.

Not every priest finds himself in such a position. More often than not the priest today shares the lives of people in their best and worst of times.

Doing theology in a garbage dump

by John Freund, CM | Oct 24, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, C.M. writes”…on weekends, I help my Vincentian confreres in their parish in Payatas, the biggest garbage dump in Manila. … I was invited there to help in giving pastoral care – celebrate Masses or bless the dead, give seminars, meet people. Later, I began to realize that it was not mainly I who was helping. It was in fact they who were helping me make sense of my theology. But that is going ahead of the story.”

You can run, but you can’t hide

by Ross Dizon | Oct 21, 2014 | Formation, Reflections

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), October 26, 2014 – Ex 22, 20-26; 1 Thes 1, 5c-10; Mt 22, 34-40 Receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit (1 Thes 1, 6) It is easy to recite the two inseparable commandments on which the whole law and...

Fr. Pat Griffin CM – An Undivided Heart

by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2014 | Formation

Fr. Pat Griffin CM speaks with a group of discerners in the context of a year dedicated to consecrated life. “An Undivided Heart” Two years ago, when I was with the Daughters in Paris, I was searching for a unifying theme to capture some presentations which I wanted...

Visual meditation materials for praying the liturgy

by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Ever try to imagine a scene from the gospel on Sunday? For those who are visually oriented and strongly believe that a picture is worth a thousand words here is a resource for visual meditation materials for praying the liturgy.