In a beautiful document on the call to human community, Pope Francis offers the “Good Samaritan” as a lens through which we can look at the many serious problems of a polarized and insensitive world.
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by .famvin | March 7, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Catholics in China.
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | March 5, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections, Systemic change | 3 Comments
How can we blend sysemic change and a “culture of encounter” in serving the homeless.
by John Freund, CM | February 28, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
I should not have been but I was surprised by some of the things Pope Francis included in his Lenten Letter 2020
by John Freund, CM | February 26, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change | 3 Comments
What do Pope Francis (2020), Pope Pius XI (1927) and Bl. Frederic Ozanam (1848) have in common?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections
In a beautiful document on the call to human community, Pope Francis offers the “Good Samaritan” as a lens through which we can look at the many serious problems of a polarized and insensitive world.
by Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC | Oct 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
A collaborative spirit is evident in Pope Francis’ writing and publication of his encyclical, Laudato si´: on Care for our Common Home.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 2, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Pope Francis call us to explore together how our Catholic social tradition can help the human family heal this world that suffers from serious illnesses.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2015 | Vincentian Family
Pope reflects on lessons of the women at the tomb
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2015 | News
With tenderness he says to priests ... "The tiredness of priests! Do you know how often I think about this weariness which all of you experience? I think about it and I pray about it, often, especially when I am tired myself. I pray for you as you labour amid the...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2015 | Vincentian Family
Holy week is so rich in symbols and images!
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2015 | News
Pope Francis’ Palm Sunday homily
by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2015 | Formation
I have decided to call an extraordinary Jubilee that is to have the mercy of God at its center.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2015 | Formation
Going to confession during Lent? Here are some tips from the pope
by John Freund, CM | Feb 18, 2015 | Pope
Pope Francis has told young people to “have the courage to be happy” in his Message for the 30th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in dioceses around the world on Palm Sunday.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lent that a call for conversion or “change your way of thing” as we stand before two visions of Church
by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pope – Lent as a time to combat our growing global indifference to our brothers and sisters