Consecrated Life

Patrick Griffin, CM – A Note to Vincentians

by John Freund, CM | July 13, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In “A Note to Vincentians” Father Patrick Griffin, CM continues his series of reflections "Considering Consecrated Life" Laudato Si’ merits a close and careful reading by Vincentians. Many, many paragraphs reflect a concern for the poor. With this encyclical Francis...

Baffled – Pat Griffin

by John Freund, CM | July 6, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“Baffled” - Pat Griffin continues his series "Considering Consecrated Life" You know how it is when you have a birthday party for a child. The room can overflow with balloons bobbing up from the chairs, streamers hanging from the ceiling, colorful centerpieces...

“Forgetting who you are”

by John Freund, CM | June 29, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

With this reflection, Forgetting Who You Are - Pat Griffin CM continues his series "Considering Consecrated Life" Recently, a friend of mine said something which stuck in my mind. The guidance was not original or profoundly stated, but I heard its wisdom and warning...

A Vincentian Vernacular

by John Freund, CM | June 22, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“A Vincentian Vernacular” Another reflection In Patrick Griffin's series "Considering Consecrated Life" For emphasis, we choose significant “years” to begin and end on certain dates. Thus, Pope Francis decided that the “Year of Consecrated Life,” would begin on the...

Knowing Vincent

by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2015 | Formation

“Knowing Vincent” is the latest reflection in Father Patrick Griffin's series on Considering Consecrated Life. In the...

Laudato Si and the “Preferential Option for the Poor”

by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

“Preferential Option for the Poor” is the latest reflection by Fr. Pat Griffin in his series Considering Consecrated...

“One Heart” – Patrick Griffin CM

by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Patrick Griffin CM continues his series on Considering Consecrated Life with this reflection on “One Heart” “We have...

John the Baptist, Vincent and consecration

by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2014 | News

Considering Consecrated Life: Patrick Griffin, CM reflects on St. John the Baptist, Vincent and Consecration

60 seconds with (a real) Sister

by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Featured Videos, Reflections

Sister Marianne Olives, D.C., tells us about the support she received when she decided to become a Daughter of Charity. This is the first of series of 60 Seconds with Sister videos from Daughters of Charity coming throughout the Year of Consecrated Life.

Year of Consecrated Life Calendar – Sisters of Charity Leavenworth

by John Freund, CM | Dec 3, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family

Sister Vicki Lichtenauer, vocation director for the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, produced the attached calendar for the Year of Consecrated Life.

The Consecrated Life of a Vincentian

by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2014 | Vincentian Family

As we begin the year Pope Francis has dedicated to Consecrated Life VinFormation offers this photo essay based on the words of Saint John Paul II. See also the just released letter of Pope Francis in which he underlined the aims of the Year of Consecrated Life, namely...

Pope issues letter for Year of Consecrated Life

by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2014 | Uncategorized

Pope issues letter for Year of Consecrated Life. The Pope underlined the aims of the Year of Consecrated Life, namely to look to the past with gratitude, to live the present with passion and to embrace the future with hope.

Fr. Pat Griffin CM – An Undivided Heart

by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2014 | Formation

Fr. Pat Griffin CM speaks with a group of discerners in the context of a year dedicated to consecrated life. “An Undivided Heart” Two years ago, when I was with the Daughters in Paris, I was searching for a unifying theme to capture some presentations which I wanted...

Daughters of Charity and “Consecrated Life”

by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family

February 2, marks the 18th World Day for Consecrated Life. The February update of the international site of the Daughters of Charity has a number of features focused on this theme. The slider will take you to the pope’s message for the World Day of Vocation....