Articles in Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Entering the Mysteries of Holy Week With Mother Seton

by Seton Shrine | April 12, 2022 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments

The rituals of Holy Week evolved over centuries to help us enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. Through her own experiences of suffering and joy, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s life was a mirror of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection. During Holy...

The Vincentian Family Prays for Peace and Joins in the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Heart of Mary

by Vincentian Family Office | March 24, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Featured, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

On Friday, March 25, during the celebration of Reconciliation that he will preside over at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

A Call to Prayer

by Vincentian Family Office | March 23, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments

We invite the worldwide Vincentian Family to again join in prayer with the Church for peace in Ukraine.

A prayer in solidarity with Ukraine

by Sisters of Charity of Nazareth | March 18, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, News, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 2 Comments

Pope Francis, stating that his “heart is broken” invited people to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine. We take this time now to be close to the sufferings of our Ukrainian sisters and brothers.

A Call to Collective Impact and Thorough Formation #famvin400

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 18, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change, Vincentian Family

Systemic change has got a "big sister" called collective impact. You've read about it often on .famvin. And formation...

200 posts for #IamVincent @VinMissionCorps @NiagaraUniv @SJUMission

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 14, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family

A LETTER TO MY YOUNG FRIENDS IN THE VINCENTIAN FAMILY Dear friends: Two hundred posts ago, I wrote: Just like you, my...

Let’s Pray for the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of AIC

by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 21, 2017 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

AIC celebrates, on August 23, 400 years since the foundation of the first group of Charities. On this big day, all...

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.

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.”

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.

Clarifying Church teaching once and for all?

by Ross Dizon | Oct 14, 2014 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), October 19, 2014 – Is 45, 1. 4-6; 1 Thes 1, 1-5b; Mt 22, 15-21 Not in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit (1 Thes 1, 5) God speaks to us. But do we really understand him? Who guarantees us the truth? He speaks...