Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Radical Giving of Self
by João Soares, C.M. | December 18, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 2 Comments
A Spiritual Spiral • “Contributions” #10 #famvin400
by John Freund, CM | December 17, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Have You Dreamt Any Dreams Recently? • “Contributions” #9 #famvin400
by John Freund, CM | December 10, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
The Immaculate Conception: Vincentian Perspectives
by John Freund, CM | December 8, 2016 | Church, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
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Being Vincentian: Life Takes Practice
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 16, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Life takes practice. It has been described as a journey from value to virtue. Here's a little help. [slideshare...
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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...
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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...
Vincent on the Trinity and Corpus Christi
by John Freund, CM | Jun 13, 2014 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Former Superior General Robert Maloney offered the following insights on Vincent on the Trinity and Corpus Christi. As we approach a "trinity" of celebrations which includes Father's Day in the USA we offer the following as the topic for reflection in the series...
Vincentian-themed prayer resources
by John Freund, CM | Jun 12, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Looking for Vincentian-themed prayer resources? Chances are that VinFormation might help with prayers for special situations and events throughout the year including litanies and novenas and retreats. Some are limited to words while others have...
Busted Halo on the Eucharist
by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Sacraments 201 Eucharist. BustedHalo.com's introduction to the Sacraments series continues as Fr. Steven Bell, CSP, answers more questions about what Catholics believe about the Eucharist and receiving Communion: How does the bread and wine become the body and blood...
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...
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....
Jesus – radical change possible – Maloney
by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
Robert Maloney CM - Homily preached April 23, 2014 at a meeting of MEGVIS, the Central European Group of Vincentian Studies Readings: Acts 3: 1-10; Luke 24:13-35 This passage from Luke’s gospel is extraordinarily rich. It contains the most important Lucan themes....
April eBook – Vincent and spirit of service
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
The April offering in the monthly Vincentian eBook offering is St. Vincent de Paul and the Spirit of Service Abstract: If our vocation consists of following Jesus Christ then it is in our total willingness to serve the poor that we find our perfection. This service is...
“Thanks to CLM, I know how to fight.”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
CLM is part of a systemic change project in the Vincentian Family. Former Superior General Robert Maloney describes a Haitian Initiative “Pathway to a Better Life” in an earlier famvin post. The following piece from Fonkose describes the reaction of a graduate....
Art and Vincentian prayer in Lent
by John Freund, CM | Mar 4, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Gospel of Joy - Community Seal - Lenten reflections How can one reflect on Pope Francis' beautiful document "Joy of the Gospel" ( Evangelii Gaudium) via prayerful contemplation of a series of images rooted in the Charity Charism motto "The charity of Christ urges...