Jesus’ mission was all abou teaching us to pay it forward. After all, God has first loved us and wants us to share that gift in our lives! Isn’t this what Jesus did? And it changed and is changing the world!
Pope Francis
The Pope Video • Respect for the Planet’s resources
by .famvin | September 12, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Respect for the Planet’s Resources.
Seeing Potential and Fostering It In Young People
by John Freund, CM | September 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
It has been written of Frederic Ozanam: “While innovators wore themselves out with theories for changing the world, these young men set about climbing up to the floors where the misery of the poor hid.”
How Blend Systemic Change and a “Culture of Encounter”?
by John Freund, CM | September 9, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
How do offer I friendship, provide holistic service, and serve as advocates for those who are poor?
Praying for All Creation
by John Freund, CM | August 26, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Throughout a month-long celebration, the world’s 2.2 billion Christians come together to care for our common home.
What Size is Your Dream?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Let us not settle only for what is necessary. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons or to remain parked on the roadside of life. He wants us to race boldly and joyfully towards lofty goals.
Laudato Si’s Big Questions
by Owen Smith | Dec 20, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Laudato Si describes the integral relationship the many crises facing our world share.
Francis: God is Love
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 27, 2016 | Church, Formation, Pope
Photo By Christoph Wagener - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26614990 Pope Francis addressed the participants of a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical ‘Deus Caritas Est.’ The...
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2016
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 13, 2016 | News, Pope
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13). The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee 1. Mary, the image of a Church which evangelizes because she is evangelized In the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, I asked that “the season of Lent in...
New Year’s resolutions from Pope Francis
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions for 2016? If not, there's still time, and Pope Francis has some ideas for you. These are the ten things that he called upon Vatican employees to do: 1. “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this...
Pope’s Christmas message
by John Freund, CM | Dec 25, 2015 | Church, News, Pope
Pope's Christmas message - Urbi et Orbi 25 December 2015 Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas! Christ is born for us, let us rejoice in the day of our salvation! Let us open our hearts to receive the grace of this day, which is Christ himself. Jesus is the...
Pope and environmental neglect’s impact on poor – SVDP Webinar
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2015 | Formation, News, Social
Pope and environmental neglect's impact on poor - SVDP Webinar Join Warren Wright, our Mideast Regional Voice of the Poor Leader, for a discussion about the particularly negative impact global climate change has on the poor and vulnerable as articulated in the Pope's...
Pope Francis’ words and actions sound like St. Vincent
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2015 | News, Pope
"Pope Francis' words and actions sound like St. Vincent". Words from Dr. Joann Heaney-Hunter of St. John's University as she reflects on her experience as a commentator for Time Warner Cable News during Pope Francis's visit. In the homily at the St. John's University...
Holy Hangout with the discerners who saw the Pope
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Social, Social Media
Sr. Liz hangs out with discerners from 4 states who made the pilgrimage to Philadelphia to see the Pope. Each tries to sum up Pope Francis in one word And catch the new "sister hoodies" that each was wearing. https://youtu.be/NpFjwWaJvUU
Look with love… move with mercy
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2015 | Formation
St. John's University chose “Look with love… move with mercy” as the theme for it 2015 celebration of Founder's Week. Fr. John Maher, C.M. shares this presentation which challenges us to “Look with love… move with mercy” as did St. Vincent. He walks us through where...
A passionate proclamation of the Gospel – Spontaneous Pope
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers this precious recording of the moment (at 7 minute 40 seconds in) when Pope Francis went off-script and spoke from his heart about the good news and its connection with the family. Visit their site to see...