by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
Fr. Robert Maloney delivered the keynote address “Systemic Change and our Vincentian Call to Holiness Today” at a national meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul held in Madison, Wisconsin (USA). It is still a foundational piece of Vincentian...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 19, 2016 | Social
The Millennial Journal is one great way to feed your soul. They’re at Facebook and Twitter as well. They have a key mission in today’s world. Millennial is an online journal and blog that provides world-class Catholic opinion and analysis on the most pressing...
by Ross Dizon | Jan 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has been sent to evangelize the poor. God anointed him with the Spirit for this mission. But to evangelize is not something “spiritual” in the sense of “unreal” or “useless” even. To evangelize is not just to announce the Gospel by word and in an abstract...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Tom Mckenna offers this reflection on Hannah’s Prayer (I Samuel 1:9-20) In a talk on the spirituality of the Twelve Steps, the speaker told a story of a woman who was being swept along in a powerful ocean current. She was a swimmer and so at first wasn’t...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 18, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Let God In – Called by Name – Forgive and ask for Forgiveness – Ordinary Time Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday January 19, 2016 Dear Vincentian Family- Please pray and serve with Mercy in this Jubilee year. Pray for our clergy, religious...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 18, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The most recent Daughters of Charity Holy Hang Out focused on the full spectrum of life issues. They invited questions via YouTube and Twitter. Sisters involved with life issues across the Catholic pro-life issues spectrum from conception all the way through natural...
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Brothers of Charity were founded in 1807 at Ghent, Belgium, by Pierre Joseph Triest (1760-1836) for nursing and education. This priest founded four congregation to aid the poor in the spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul, the patron of this institute. Triest himself...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In his weekly series “Considering Consecrated Life” Father Pat Griffin reflects on Personal Judgment. At the daily Eucharist during this past week, the First Book of Samuel provided the first reading. We heard the interesting story of the origin and...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Josh Wise, who talks to us about significant relationships, is a Louisiana native that joined the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers (CVV) in the summer of 2008. He worked with Archdiocesan Housing and the Mary Lucy computer Lab & Neighborhood Network Center. He has...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In this reflection, written for a celebration of the feast of the Epiphany Fr. Tom McKenna offers thoughts on how do I understand this particular story — how am I reading the signs — that is so outside my usual way of looking at the world? You could look...