“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Respect for the Planet’s Resources.
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The Pope Video • The Future of the Very Young
by .famvin | December 7, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: The Future of the Very Young.
The Pope Video • Dialogue and Reconciliation in the Middle East
by .famvin | November 9, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Dialogue and Reconciliation in the Middle East.
Eight Things – Pope Francis, the Poor, Laudato Si
by John Freund, CM | October 11, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Pope, Reflections | 0 Comments
Have I ever thought about the impact of climate change on those who will bear the first effects and brunt of changes?
The Pope Video • Missionary Spring In The Church
by .famvin | October 5, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Spring In The Church.
The Pope Video • The Maritime World
by .famvin | Aug 8, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: The Maritime World.
The Pope Video • Our Families
by .famvin | Jul 4, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Our Families.
Pope Francis and the Gifts of Lent
by John Freund, CM | Feb 18, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
Is it that time already? Yes, it is! Lent is just a few weeks away and Pope Francis has released his thoughts for Lent and its gifts. “The Word Is a Gift. Other Persons Are a Gift” In Lent he invites us to: rediscover the gift of God’s word, be purified of the sin...
The Pope Video: Welcome the Needy
by Elizabeth Astridge | Feb 4, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
Welcome the Needy, which is part of "The Pope Video" series promoted by the Vatican, was released Thursday, February 2. Every month we will see a new two-minute video from Pope Francis with his intentions and a motivating message. [youtube...
Pope Francis: Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 28, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
In our Vincentian Family Commissions meetings last week in Rome, one of the topics raised and discussed on more than one occasion was communications. Questions discussed were how are we communicating across commissions, how we are communicating with the Vincentian...
Four Soon-to-be Saints Who Were Born in the USA
by Philip Kosloski | Jan 21, 2017 | Church, News
Living in the United States, it is easy to get the false impression that saints only come from Europe, especially if someone attends daily Mass — the liturgy celebrates the lives of numerous holy men and women who lived in a place and time very much removed from our...
Pope Adds New Urgent Intention to Monthly Prayers
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 14, 2017 | Church, News, Pope
After launching the first video series on his monthly prayer intentions last year, Pope Francis has decided to make some changes for 2017 by going back to an older system focusing on just one intention rather than two. However, true to form, he has also added a...
U.S. Catholic Bishops are Mobilizing on Migration
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 7, 2017 | Church, News
In time for our year of welcoming the stranger, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is establishing a working group that is tasked with developing support for immigrants and refugees. The help will come in the forms of spiritual, pastoral and policy advocacy...
Fiftieth World Day of Peace: January 1, 2017
by Elizabeth Astridge | Dec 31, 2016 | Church, News, Pope
In a message from earlier this month, Pope Francis focuses on nonviolence for the 50th World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on January 1, 2017. On this occasion, I would like to reflect on nonviolence as a style of politics for peace. I ask God to help all of us to...
A Vincentian “Field Hospital”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2016 | Church, News
An article the National Catholic Reporter describes St. Vincent’s Parish in Germantown, Philadelphia as “the social justice parish”.
The Immaculate Conception: Vincentian Perspectives
by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2016 | Church, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
VinFormation presents a prayerful video reflection on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception followed by a summary of Marian Spirituality and the Vincentian Charism by Corpus Delgado, C.M. Watch the video now... http://youtu.be/C_XkQ2ffNxI Read this excerpt from the...