Year of Consecrated Life
An Open Door Policy – Fr. Pat Griffin
by John Freund, CM | November 29, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Thanks for Listening
by John Freund, CM | November 15, 2015 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
60 seconds with Sr. Mary Catherine Conway, DC
by John Freund, CM | November 14, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Featured Videos, Reflections | 2 Comments
60 Seconds with Sister Brenda Fritz
by John Freund, CM | November 9, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Featured Videos, News, Reflections | 1 Comment
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60 Seconds – Sister Trinitas Hernandez
by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Featured Videos, Reflections
How do you know where God is calling you? Sister Trinitas Hernandez shares advice for discerners. She says "If you are...
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A Child Among Us
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 6, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“A Child Among Us” Considering Consecrated Life My grandnephew Wes (Weston) was born on December 12th, 2014. Last...
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An Open Door Policy – Fr. Pat Griffin
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“An Open Door Policy” Considering Consecrated Life: The images and symbols surrounding the Holy Year of Mercy make my...
Giving voice to “Giving Voice-aged people”
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2015 | Formation, News, Reflections
In "Blessed be God who filled my soul with fire!" Tracy Kemme, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, shares with profound honesty her reflections on a recent presentation "Younger Religious in the Time and Place we were Called to live". I must admit that as I read it I...
“Blame” Fr. Patrick Griffin
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2015 | Formation
“Blame” - Fr. Patrick Griffin continues his series "Considering Consecrated Life" Certain stories in our Bible contain lines which seem unexpected and unusual. When I recognize one of these stories being read, I pay more attention to hear that particular line. A...
60 seconds with Sister Madeline Kavanagh
by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
https://youtu.be/KLURWjEx-Zg 60 Seconds with Sister Madeline Kavanagh Daughters of Charity Vocations U.S. Sister Madeline Kavanagh, D.C., shares how community life remains constant through changes in ministry. Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from...
Knowing Vincent
by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2015 | Formation
“Knowing Vincent” is the latest reflection in Father Patrick Griffin's series on Considering Consecrated Life. In the past month, I have been in a number of places where a particular presence has caught my eye. I have noticed on many shelves the fourteen volumes of...
Laudato Si and the “Preferential Option for the Poor”
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“Preferential Option for the Poor” is the latest reflection by Fr. Pat Griffin in his series Considering Consecrated Life Laudato Si’ has justifiably gotten a lot of attention. The emphasis in this document concerning the physical suffering of the poor because of the...
“One Heart” – Patrick Griffin CM
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Patrick Griffin CM continues his series on Considering Consecrated Life with this reflection on “One Heart” “We have only one heart. . .” (Laudato Si’, Pope Francis, 24 May 2015, 92) Laudato Si’ has challenged me both to meditate and to learn. I find myself...
Mary in Vincentian Spirituality – Patrick Griffin, CM
by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Mary in the Vincentian Spirituality - Griffin Mary - 12 page booklet - prepared for a mini-retreat for students in the Internal Seminary or Novitiate of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission by Fr. Patrick Griffin, CM. The main section of these...
Patrick Griffin, CM – A Note to Vincentians
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
In “A Note to Vincentians” Father Patrick Griffin, CM continues his series of reflections "Considering Consecrated Life" Laudato Si’ merits a close and careful reading by Vincentians. Many, many paragraphs reflect a concern for the poor. With this encyclical Francis...
60 Seconds with Sister Maura Hobart
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
Sister Maura Hobart, D.C., reflects back on 50+ years as a Daughter of Charity in this video titled 60 Seconds with Sister Maura Hobart. It was uploaded by Daughters of Charity Vocations U.S. Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from the Daughters of Charity...