by Pat Griffin, CM | Oct 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: A Message for Us I have been to more than one Vincent event in the past two weeks which contained an opening prayer which included some passage from Pope Francis’ message to the Vincentian Family on September 27th. Different people, different...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 28, 2017 | Congregation of the Mission, News
The Congregation of the Mission sponsors four universities in the world. St. John’s in New York City celebrate’s Vincent de Paul. Regular .famvin feature columnist, Patrick Griffin, C.M., reflects on what “might” have been the feeling in Paris...
by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: 2417 400 years. For the universe, or the pyramids, or the Judeo-Christian faith, it does not seem like such a long time, but for human life it really is. In this year, as we all know, we celebrate the 400th anniversary of our Vincentian charism....
by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: Creation In the past week, several events have been in the news which come together in my thinking around the theme of creation. The first is the announcement by scientists that they have discovered potentially habitable earth-like planets within a...
by Pat Griffin, CM | Aug 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: Beauty and the Beast As a child, like most of you, I heard and read the story of “Beauty and the Beast” many times. As an adult, I saw the animated Disney Movie (with Angela Lansbury beautifully singing the title song) and a Broadway version. Now,...
