Formation

Please Don’t Tell Anyone

by John Freund, CM | August 7, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 3 Comments

Why did Jesus tell them not to tell anyone? Was it possible he realized that at that point, they would jump to wrong conclusions?

When You Can’t Find “That Room”

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | August 6, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 4 Comments

During our pandemic, the lack of restrooms has become an issue for delivery workers, taxi and ride-hailing drivers, and others who make their living outside of a fixed office building.

Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, #6: Community prayer and celebrations during the time of confinement

by Félix Villafranca, C.M. | August 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I live in a community of the Congregation of the Mission composed of older priests: four of us are over 70, another 80.

A Vincentian View: The Cost of Kindness

by Pat Griffin, CM | August 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

In this contentious time when politics can influence decision-making, the biblical stories about food direct our attention to what is most important.

Fresh Start in Life for Us Men and Women

by Ross Dizon | Aug 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus shows us the new that one has yet to see or hear or think of. To be his disciples, we have to make a fresh...

Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? VIII

by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Vincent grasped and was grasped by the pure generosity that is sending the Word to the poor, the Sending to which Jesus gives flesh.

“Where God Wants us” of P. Rolando Gutierrez is available for free download

by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 23, 2021 | Formation

For some months we have been working with a team of translators and collaborators to be able to offer everyone the...

What is Vincentian Spirituality

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

Pat Collins C.M gives his answer on his website (Scroll down to third article) "The word spirituality is notoriously difficult to define. Bernard McGinn, probably the leading writer on mysticism in English, says that without making an exhaustive search he turned up 35...

Do you know poor people? Christ?

by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2014 | Formation

"The great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor." — Shane Claiborne Paraphrasing Roman 10:14 How can we encounter Christ in the poor if we do not know them? Vincent certainly...

Homilies of Oscar Romero

by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Recent days have noted increasing expectations for the advancement of the cause for the canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero. The Romero Trust is responsible for making available thewritings that will be used in reviewing his cause as he moves toward canonization....

Anchor of salvation

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

Sixth Sunday of Easter (A), May 25, 2014 – Acts 8, 5-8. 14-17; 1 Pt 3, 15-18; Jn 14, 15-21 Ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope (1 Pt 3, 15) Jesus does not leave his own orphans, defenseless. In imitation of the Master, the...

Tell me what you pray for – I will tell you who you are.

by John Freund, CM | May 16, 2014 | Formation

What did Louise pray for? Who do we pray for? What does this say about us?

“Eyes on the prize”

by Ross Dizon | May 15, 2014 | Formation, Reflections

Fifth Sunday of Easter (A), May 18, 2014 – Acts 6, 1-7; 1 Pt 2, 4-9; Jn 14, 1-12 To offer spiritual sacrifices (1 Pt 2, 5) The supper Jesus has eagerly desired to eat with his own before his passion is a pledge of fellowship there where Master and disciples will share...

Go Out To All The World

by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2014 | Formation

Just as the members of the early Church were called to bring 'The Way' to all peoples of the day, so are we called to bring Christ into our world today. This pre-Pentecost theme will be the last submission of the series of reflections on The Gospel Of Joy that ran...

No To An Economy Of Exclusion

by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2014 | Formation

No To An Economy Of Exclusion - A visual meditation on Pope Francis and Joy of the Gospel. As we stand in the middle of the Easter season between Palm Sunday and Pentecost, are we allowing ourselves to be changed by the miraculous events of the risen Jesus? Are not...

180-degree turn, not 360

by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2014 | Formation, Reflections

Fourth Sunday of Easter (A), May 11, 2014 – Acts 2, 14a. 36-41; 1 Pt 2, 20b-25; Jn 10, 1-10 You have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls (1 Pt 2, 25) There is no salvation outside Jesus. He is the only gate through which we humans enter to abide...