Evangelization

A Wide-angle View – Vocations To the Charism

by John Freund, CM | October 30, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment

Fr. Mavric invites every member of the Vincentian Family to take one very concrete step; that is, every member is to bring one new candidate to one of the branches of the Vincentian Family.

I Know What the Poor Need and Want!

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

To be a missionary is to leave one’s proper world and one’s secure place in the world in order to enter the world of the other; it is to leave one’s place in order to enter the place of the poor and to accompany the poor with the gospel.

Vincentians Then and Now – Dodging Rocks With Immigrants

by John Freund, CM | April 12, 2019 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

The first Vincentian priests in the U.S. stood with immigrants dodging the rocks thrown by jeering Know Nothings who opposed them.

Mary’s Digital Home “Liked” By Almost 3 Million People

by John Freund, CM | December 8, 2018 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments

Do you know the address of the Facebook page that has been “liked” by 2.9 million people?

Evangelizing the “Spiritual but not Religious”

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 21, 2017 | Evangelization, Formation

Pew Research is at it again. About a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) now say they think of themselves as spiritual but...

Evangelizing:“assumptions” about Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and social justice

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 17, 2017 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections

Catholics often struggle to explain doctrines to their friends (Catholic by birth and/or non-Catholic). We often think...

The de Gondi Style: A New Year’s Resolution for #AIC400 #famvin400

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 11, 2016 | Evangelization, Formation

It may come as a surprise to some, but Madame de Gondi had to push Vincent a little. Calling Vincentians of Wherever!...

Vincentian perspective in the “new evangelization”

by John Freund, CM | Jun 16, 2015 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections

What is the contribution of a Vincentian to the Church’s task of evangelization?

Friendship and Evangelization in the Vincentian Tradition

by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2015 | Evangelization, Formation

Many was the time when people told us during missions that the obvious unity and affection of the confreres not only edified them, it added real credibility to what we had to say.

Formation in the Year of Collaboration

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 23, 2015 | Evangelization, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration

Many of you are using and contributing to our fantastic resource called VinFormation. If you click on the word "Formation" on the black navigation bar above, you'll go right to it! Its motto is, "Learning to serve," and that's just what we hope we are doing and the...