Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Award for Sickinger’s “Antoine Frédéric Ozanam”
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | July 14, 2018 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Catholic Press Association of USA and Canada says that Frédéric Ozanam could very well be the Shakespeare of the indigent.
Integrating the Vincentian Tradition
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | June 10, 2018 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Since 1856, Niagara University has been living the Vincentian tradition in upstate New York (USA). They continue to research and study this tradition.
Prayer for the Second International SSVP Vincentian Youth Meeting
by Javier F. Chento | May 23, 2018 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Can We Recognize The Seasons Of Our Lives?
by John Freund, CM | April 13, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Life happens in seasons. God does not waste seasons. What can I learn from the seasons of life of those who inspire me?
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Seeing But Not Seeing in Our Ministry on the Margins
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
We tend to only see what is within the horizon of our experiences. We need people who broaden our vision to wider possibilities.
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Everybody Has Something to Say to the Bishops
by John Freund, CM | Jan 18, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
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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The Star of Our Journey in the New Year
by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
The star of the wisemen can be a metaphor the times in our lives when we must seek in the darkness for the light of God’s Providence as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent dePaul.
Lenten letter – stories of fasting and prayer
by John Freund, CM | Feb 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
In Father Gregory Gay's last Lenten Letter as Superior General he uses stories to help us reflect on Lent as a time of fasting and prayer. For both themes he tells a story from his personal journey, a Jesus story and invites us to write a new story, our story. Lent:...
Poverty as social sin
by John Freund, CM | Jan 29, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Poverty: An Opportunity for Encounter or Exclusion? By: Marian Lamoureux North Central Region Voice of the Poor Leader As Vincentians, have we ever thought about poverty as “social sin?” This notion of social sin is a powerful concept in Catholic social thought and...
60 Seconds with Sister – International
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Several of our Sisters speak multiple languages. Hear a bit about what this brings to the Daughters of Charity international culture. https://youtu.be/ZYyaaUaBBv4 Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from Daughters of Charity throughout the Year of Consecrated...
LCUSA prayer service: God’s Gracious Mercy
by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2016 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Sr. Carol Schumer’s prayer service for January celebrates God’s Gracious Mercy The prayer service is based on the following reading: What Does Mercy Mean? The Latin word for mercy is misericordia derived from the two words miserere (“pity” or “misery”) and cor...
Fr. Maloney – Systemic Change and Vincentian Holiness
by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
Fr. Robert Maloney delivered the keynote address "Systemic Change and our Vincentian Call to Holiness Today" at a national meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul held in Madison, Wisconsin (USA). It is still a foundational piece of Vincentian thought. From the...
Holy Hangout – Life issues
by John Freund, CM | Jan 18, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The most recent Daughters of Charity Holy Hang Out focused on the full spectrum of life issues. They invited questions via YouTube and Twitter. Sisters involved with life issues across the Catholic pro-life issues spectrum from conception all the way through natural...
60 Seconds with Sister Carmeli Proano
by John Freund, CM | Jan 8, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Sister Carmeli Proano, D.C., gives us 60 seconds about the value of community life as a Daughter of Charity. https://youtu.be/z5TOZ_r6Jio http://daughters-of-charity.com/year-of-consecrated-life As followers to the call of consecrated life, Daughters of Charity are...
New Year’s resolutions from Pope Francis
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions for 2016? If not, there's still time, and Pope Francis has some ideas for you. These are the ten things that he called upon Vatican employees to do: 1. “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this...
Vincentian question to end 2015
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2015 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Mercy was a motivating factor behind each of the charitable works of St. Vincent and the early Congregation of the Mission, Daughters and Ladies of Charity. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy Frederic's E-Gazette raises an excellent End-of-Year question, which is...