Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Introducing Lent 2019: Seeing Christ in All People
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | March 2, 2019 | Announcements, Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
People share stories of how they have encountered Christ. Join them on this journey of faith, and dive deeper into the heart of Christ this Lent!
A Vincentian Views the Abuse Synod
by John Freund, CM | March 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 1 Comment
Initial reporting on the “Abuse Synod’ featured all the things that did not happen at the Synod. Later, reflections look at what happened to the participants within the Synod and what impacted them.
Seeing But Not Seeing in Our Ministry on the Margins
by John Freund, CM | January 30, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change | 2 Comments
We tend to only see what is within the horizon of our experiences. We need people who broaden our vision to wider possibilities.
Everybody Has Something to Say to the Bishops
by John Freund, CM | January 18, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
What if when we get to the fire we have not brought enough water. It struck me that it is not just the Bishops who were being challenged to get back to basics.
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Becoming the Eucharist While in Quarantine
by Libin P Varghese, CM | Apr 3, 2020 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
While re-reading the accounts of the last supper, I found three forms of Eucharist which will help us to become the Eucharist while in quarantine.
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Praying the Lord’s Prayer during the Coronavirus Pandemic
by José Antonio Pagola | Apr 2, 2020 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
José Antonio Pagola shares some suggestions for praying the Lord’s Prayer during this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Relive the Prayer Gathering of the Vincentian Family (March 28) … Praying for an End to the Pandemic
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 30, 2020 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
On March 28th, more than 650 people from all over the world gathered together on Facebook Live for a moment of prayer led by Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM
Advent Message from the Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 22, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
"The Incarnation, Here and Now": this is the theme proposed by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, for the time of Advent, in a letter addressed to the entire Vincentian Family, which we have reproduced below. After the text, you will find links to download his letter in several...
Solitaries Need Not Apply • “Contributions” #6
by John Freund, CM | Nov 19, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the sixth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson Plan” for use...
Seeing Those Who Are Poor • “Contributions” #5
by John Freund, CM | Nov 12, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the fifth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson Plan” for use...
Refocusing Ecclesiology • “Contributions” #4
by John Freund, CM | Nov 5, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the fourth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson Plan” for use...
A More Secular and Lay Character • “Contributions” #3
by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the third of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson Plan” for use...
To Abandon an Individualistic Vision • “Contributions” #2
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the second of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was previously introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson...
A New Reality is Born! • “Contributions” #1
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the first of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced last week in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson...
A Social Conscience: #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 13, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Vincentian has a deeply rooted social conscience that informs her actions. Vincent had that, too. Vincentian Father Greg Cooney writes: ...the call of conscience becomes a call to personal conversion, requiring a re-orientation of convictions and patterns of...
The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 8, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Formation Journey: A study of Vincentian Father Corpus Delgado's "The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church," is a ten-part series for individual or group study within the Vincentian Family. It is also our first large-scale...