“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women.
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by John Freund, CM | August 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
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?
by .famvin | July 3, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Social Friendship
by John Freund, CM | June 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Whose story are you most aware of? Can you recognize the interconnection of all stories? Do Vincentians have a special vocation as storytellers?
by John Freund, CM | June 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
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.
by .famvin | Feb 5, 2022 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women.
by .famvin | Jan 8, 2022 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Religious Discrimination and Persecution.
by .famvin | Dec 4, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Catechists.
by Archbishop Emeritus Sylvain Lavoie, OMI | Oct 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Pope Francis is one of many strong voices beginning to unite with Indigenous voices in speaking out for the care of the environment.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
”Laudato Si’ taught us that EVERYTHING is connected; ‘Fratelli Tutti’ teaches us that EVERYONE is connected.”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“I would like to invite you to go on a journey together… I am calling it a journey because it requires a shift, a change.” Pope Francis
by .famvin | Oct 10, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Women in Leadership Roles in the Church.
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 Jim Paddon, Sr. Carol DeAngelo, Sr. Donna Geernaert | Sep 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
When we read Laudato Si’ as Vincentians, there exists an opportunity to explore this letter from a viewpoint that many may not be aware of or fully appreciate.
by John Freund, CM | Sep 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
“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.”