We can recognize the effort and success that people of good will exert to move us beyond the moment and onto the right track.
Vincentian Family
A Vincentian View: Our Silence
by Pat Griffin, CM | February 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I have often given talks on the importance of silence and on the need to listen. I know the value of these attitudes in prayer and in fruitful conversation. From the silence can emerge new ideas and insights.
A Vincentian View: Enlarge the Door
by Pat Griffin, CM | February 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Personally and institutionally we must enlarge our doors to allow the King of Glory and his entire entourage entrance and application.
What’s Your Take on Systemic Change?
by John Freund, CM | February 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 3 Comments
What’s your take on Systemic Change? I thought I would ask you to share what you think is the state of systemic change in the Vincentian Family.
A Vincentian View: Reverencing the Word of God
by Pat Griffin, CM | January 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The challenge and encouragement was for all of us to value and read our Bibles more vigorously—even as we prepared to listen to its word as a Church.
A Vincentian View: Patrimony of the Poor
by Pat Griffin, CM | Nov 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Two readings that regularly show up towards the end of the liturgical year capture my imagination.
A Vincentian View: Healing
by Pat Griffin, CM | Nov 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Right now, healing, hope, and life mix together in my head and heart. They rest firmly within the Gospel message, and find application in our Vincentian charism.
They kept coming… The story of POTS
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity
Part of the Solution, or POTS, was opened in a storefront on Fordham Road in 1982 by Fr. Ned Murphy, SJ, Tim Boon, and Sister Jane Iannucelli, SC, (current President of the Sisters of Charity) to help feed those living in poverty in the Bronx. This video tells the...
Thoughts on a requiem for the homeless
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The following story got me thinking.... (see concluding thought after the story) The Pope's almoner has celebrated Mass in Rome in memory of the poor and homeless who have lost their lives due to inadequate living conditions and abandonment. Archbishop Konrad...
Fr. Pat Griffin, CM steps down
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, News
Fr. Patrick Griffin to step down as Director-General of the Daughters of Charity Fr. G. Gregory Gay, C.M. Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, announced that, due to health concerns, Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M....
What are Vincentian youth doing?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2014 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
Take a quick tour around the world with the Vincentian Marian Youth Newsletter JMV Bulletin 2013 ENG Brazil - From November 15-17 the II National Encounter of former members of the VMY who have transitioned into other branches of the Vincentian Family was held. Thirty...
Are vows, virtues still relevant?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Are vows and virtues relevant is the question posed by Tim Williams CM, Provincial Director of the Daughters of Charity Australia, in his reflection VOWS, VIRTUES AND RELEVANCE