Pope Francis
EMMY Blesses Good News!
by John Freund, CM | September 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“God is with us. This is the message of hope that we want to shout from the rooftops, that we want to beam over the airwaves, that we want to put on the front page of our publications and post on our social media accounts.”
“… In Name Only”?
by John Freund, CM | September 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 4 Comments
Do we have a “cafeteria mentality” when choosing what it means to be a Catholic?
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.”
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The Pope Video • At the Service of Human Fraternity
by .famvin | Jan 9, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: At the Service of Human Fraternity.
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Living Into Collaboration – A Vincentian Laudato Si’ Point of View, Part 1
by Carol De Angelo, SC | Jan 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
My reflections come from many years of working in collaboration but as I write this it is with two non-Vincentian groups, with whom we Sisters of Charity of New York currently collaborate that are uppermost in my mind. Part 1
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The Pay It Forward Plan for Peace
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
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!
The Tweetable Pope
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 8, 2016 | News, Pope, Social, Social Media
Tweetable. It means that the things you say can capture the imagination in 140 characters or less! Certainly, Pope Francis qualifies. MillenialJournal, which characterizes itself as "young Catholics -- ancient faith -- new century," has published an interview with...
Invitation to a mini-retreat with the Pope
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2016 | Church, Formation, Reflections
Ten questions for the Vincentian Family...and for the Pope and his Curia. I recently saw notice that Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia will spend March 6 through March 10 at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia, Italy. But what really struck me was the set of...
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