St. Vincent’s pastoral insight was “See, Judge and Act.” It all began with “Seeing”!
Pope Francis
Eight Things – Pope Francis, the Poor, Laudato Si
by John Freund, CM | October 11, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Pope, Reflections | 0 Comments
Have I ever thought about the impact of climate change on those who will bear the first effects and brunt of changes?
The Pope Video • Missionary Spring In The Church
by .famvin | October 5, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Spring In The Church.
Jesus the Rude Guest
by John Freund, CM | September 13, 2019 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Popes Benedict and Francis call us to imitate God who reached out to us an invited all of us to sit at the table.
“Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice”
by John Freund, CM | September 11, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
“Jesus himself warns us that the path he proposes goes against the flow, even making us challenge society by the way we live and, as a result, becoming a nuisance.”
A Saint Speaks To America From His Heart
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections
I suspect you will feel moved, proud, and challenged by the words of Pope Saint John Paul II.
The Pope Video • Our Families
by .famvin | Jul 4, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Our Families.
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.
7 reasons we’re thankful for Francis… Vincent, Louise, Frederick, Elizabeth, etc
by John Freund, CM | Nov 24, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Mike Hayes with 7 reasons we are thankful for Pope Francis. Why we are grateful for the special people in the Vincentian Family Vincent, Louise, Frederic, Catherine, Elizabeth, etc.
Catholic Church “a mother without limits and without borders”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 22, 2014 | Justice and Peace
The Catholic Church “is a mother without limits and without borders”, welcoming and assisting all of God’s children, particularly those fleeing violence, oppression and poverty. Pope Francis
Pope Francis: ‘The hungry ask us for dignity, not for charity’
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Pope Francis: ‘The hungry ask us for dignity, not for charity’ – Echoing sentiments Vincent de Paul would express, Pope Francis spoke passionately on behalf of the more than 800 million hungry people in the world today
Following in the path of Francis and “deep listening”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Many followers of Vincent, Louise, Elizabeth and Frederic have learned that Pope Francis has commissionsed showers for the homeless under St. Peter’s colonnades. On Monday 17th of November work will begin to renovate the public restrooms for pilgrims: there will be a space for homeless people to wash. Ten parishes in Rome will do the same. The story is simple but there are implications.
90-year-old arrested for feeding the homeless
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2014 | Justice and Peace
90-year-old among Florida activists arrested for feeding the homeless as reported by The Guardian. Church leaders in Florida were preparing for a second confrontation
Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels.
Mission Sunday – Evangelization – Vincentian Year
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Mission Sunday – Evangelization – Vincentians How fitting these three topics come together today. Mission Sunday 2014 is celebrated on the day that Paul VI was beatified at the closing Mass of the World Synod on the Family and Vincentians have just begun a year dedicated to New Evangelization.
VinFormation provides hints for “New evangelization”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 9, 2014 | Evangelization, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
VinFormation provides hints for “New evangelization” in a new video The Shortest Route To Evangelization Is Through Service