This is the seventh of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic...
Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 6 • Solidarity As A Mindset #famvin400
This is the sixth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic...
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 5 • Finding God in Administration #famvin400
This is the fifth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic...
Ozanam: Finding and Bringing the presence of God
Finding and Bringing the Presence of God: The Roots of Ozanam's Passion for Charity and Justice In this series of slides Ralph Middlecamp of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul describes the times of Frederic Ozanam, the progression of his social thought, and some...
A spirituality of systemic change
Participants of the Vincentian Family Gathering were treated to a powerful illustration of what could happen if Vincentians followed the lead of Ozanam in asking the big questions of the day (see previous post). Fr. Campuzano (aka Memo) addressesed a gap in the...
Vincentian Formation for Missions
On the occasion of Mission Sunday in the US some may find it helpful to review a lengthy study "FORMATION FOR THE MISSION: From the Perspective of our Vincentian Charism" by Fr, Manny Ginete, CM, former Liaison of the Superior General to the Vincentian Family....
Systemic Change and Vincentian Holiness (Text)
Text of Fr. Robert Maloney's Keynote address – Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 SSVP National Assembly – Madison, Wisconsin Systemic Change and our Vincentian Call to Holiness Today On the 23rd day of April two hundred years ago, Frederic Ozanam was born. He lived...
Fr. Maloney video – Systemic Change and Vincentian Holiness
Fr. Robert Maloney delivered the keynote address "Systemic Change and our Vincentian Call to Holiness Today" at the recent national meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul held in Madison, WI. Please wait a moment for the video to load. It is well worth the...
Formation Fridays – Vincentian Formation
Robert Maloney writes... "Historians have often highlighted St. Vincent's organizational skills. He did not, however, merely organize; he formed the groups and persons that he assembled. In fact, the letters, documents, and conferences in the fourteen volumes of his...
Litany of St. Vincent dePaul
Concluding prayer of the Litany of St. Vincent dePaul "O God, Who for the preaching of the Gospel to the poor, and for promoting the honor of the priesthood, didst endue blessed Vincent with the zeal of an apostle, grant, we humbly pray Thee, that we who...
Vincentian talks art, spirituality
Muralist Br. Mark elder writes... "How do folkies! It’s a new season and I’m ready to get to it at ‘The Buffalo Bro ½ Hour’! I wento out to the ranch and completed a new mural for Munroe hall here at DePaul. I’m going to bring themes on Visual art, Spiritualty,...
Vincentian Reflects on Peace (Robert Maloney)
Robert Maloney, CM wrote in 2003, a time similar the Pope's appeals for peace... "Having already written about several aspects of this topic, and because of its very broad scope, in this article I will restrict my focus to peace in the sense in which Pope Paul VI once...
