St. Vincent and St. Louise - Ideal Collaborators? J. Patrick Murphy reminds us in his booklet Mr. Vincent of the...
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by John Freund, CM | August 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | July 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincent looked for and discovered new ways of serving because he was an active contemplative. He stepped back from daily details to look at them through God’s eyes. He became one of the most creative forces of his time.
by John Freund, CM | July 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
You don’t have to have a glamorous job. Anyone can be a difference maker.
by John Freund, CM | July 13, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Is sending the elevator back down enough? Thoughts on accompaniment.
by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
St. Vincent and St. Louise - Ideal Collaborators? J. Patrick Murphy reminds us in his booklet Mr. Vincent of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent looked for and discovered new ways of serving because he was an active contemplative. He stepped back from daily details to look at them through God’s eyes. He became one of the most creative forces of his time.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
You don’t have to have a glamorous job. Anyone can be a difference maker.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Last January J. Patrick Murphy, CM presented me with a pre-publication copy of a little book he had just completed - "Mr. Vincent" - which you can download here. He wrote "My purpose here is to show in a few pages how much Vincent accomplished and how much we can...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Why bother about a man who lived 400 years ago? Why are so many people all over the world on fire with passion to follow in his footsteps? As we approach another celebration of the feast of St. Vincent it seems fitting to look at these two questions raised in J....
by John Freund, CM | Sep 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Am I ready to be mentored?” Or am I too comfortable in my present stage of growth?
by John Freund, CM | Sep 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Even Vincent regretted things he had written! Much ink has been spilled over whether Vincent was really captured by pirates as a young man. There was a period in his life that we know little about… and St. Vincent adamantly did not wish anyone to know about it. At...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Take care of your people; celebrate small successes.
by John Freund, CM | Aug 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
J. Patrick Murphy reminds us in his booklet Mr. Vincent of the collaboration of two exceptional people - Vincent and Louise. In Louise de Marillac Vincent found the perfect partner to build his business model and bring about change that shocked the world. Louise, like...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 20, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
J. Patrick Murphy, CM writes of Mr. Vincent that he had a feisty temper, was a good mimic, could tell a good story, and was charming to women. He proposes the following Lesson "Know your gifts, strengths and limits - then leverage them." On March 28, 1659, a year and...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In the world of institutional ministries such as hospitals and educational institutions, I often hear the maxim “No margin, no mission.” It express a tension faced by many ministries trying to navigate the realities of the business world, often described as "the real...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent did so much by doing the next right thing. J. Patrick Murphy writes in Mr. Vincent... Historians describe the climate during Vincent's lifetime as the little ice age. Half the crops failed; starvation was rampant; the number of poor increased exponentially....