Pope Francis

The Pope Video • For Pilgrims of Hope

by .famvin | December 7, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Pilgrims of Hope

The Pope Video • For Political Leaders

by .famvin | August 10, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Political Leaders

The Pope Video • For those fleeing their own countries

by .famvin | June 8, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For those fleeing their own countries.

The Pope Video • For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians

by .famvin | May 18, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians.

The Pope Video • For a Eucharistic life

by .famvin | Jul 15, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For a Eucharistic Life.

The Pope Video • For the abolition of torture

by .famvin | Jun 24, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the abolition of torture.

The Pope Video • For Ecclesial Movements and Groups

by .famvin | May 13, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Ecclesial Movements and Groups.

The Pope Video • An Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle

by .famvin | Sep 4, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: An Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle.

The Pope Video • Church on the Way

by .famvin | Aug 7, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Church on the Way.

Leaven or Fungus for “Thy Kingdom Come!”?

by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

Leaven is “a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better.” Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. When are we leaven … and when are we fungi for the Kingdom?

The Pope Video • Social Friendship

by .famvin | Jul 3, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Social Friendship

Which Story Interests You Most?

by John Freund, CM | Jun 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

Whose story are you most aware of? Can you recognize the interconnection of all stories? Do Vincentians have a special vocation as storytellers?

Imagine! Frederic Ozanam Addresses Congress

by John Freund, CM | Jun 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family

After viewing the presentation of Sr. Claire Sweeney, DC on Frederick Ozanam and Social Justice, I fantasized what he might say if he, like Pope Francis, were invited to address a joint session of Congress.

Is the Church a Closet?

by John Freund, CM | Jun 9, 2021 | Formation, Systemic change

Is the Church like a closet where we wistfully keep things from the past, a dreary chamber filled only with us, our problems and our disappointments? Then it will be impossible to recognize God’s silent and unassuming presence.