by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
An examination of conscience for the rest of us… Fifteen challenges for the New Year! It is usually easier for most to cheer on when others are being challenged. Possibly that is what happened, at least in much of the media, when they reported on Pope...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Leading up to Christmas, a church marketing website CMS highlights several Christmas videos. If you like Christmas videos, today is your lucky day. Actually they offer some 57 videos you or your church can use. Christmas Video Lists “While we’ve been scouring...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 20, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or “prequel” of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in Christian tradition and echoed in Vincentian heritage. Father Robert Maloney CM writes… “Basically, the word Eucharistic means “thanksgiving.”...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 15, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
An unsigned essay from at Vincent on Leadership – the Hay Project at DePaul University explores the theme “Vincent de Paul and Mohandas Gandhi: Five Commitments That Sustain Leadership” Though they lived centuries apart, Vincent de Paul and Mohandas...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 6, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Relating service and growth in spirituality. Vincentian Perspectives on New Evangelization In dedicating this year as the Vincentian Year of New Evangelization, Superior General Gregory Gay, C.M., wrote: “A key aspect of [the new evangelization] is to rediscover and...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Vincent and Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindfulness for Managers Is there a connection between the teachings of the Catholic Saint of the 17th Century, Vincent de Paul, and the ancient practice of mindfulness meditation espoused by Zen Buddhism? If so, what benefit might that...
