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 3, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
The week of November 2-8 is Vocation Awareness Week in the USA. We are privileged to be able to celebrate this week with video interviews of the current and past Superiors General, Gregory Gay and Robert Maloney sharing their vocation stories. Two Superiors...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Models of being holy – For all the saints – We all have a vocation to holiness. With all the variations of “takes this test to find out who you are….” Father Robert Maloney CM offer a serious invitation to identify which style of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 6, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
What is the Vincentian Path? This is the question addressed in yet another in the series of downloadable trifold pamphlets from Jim Osendorf, CM The Vincentian Path (pdf) Some excerpts… St. Vincent realized, just like Mother Theresa, when she worked in southern...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 3, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Workshop on wise Asset management – Day 3 featured grant writing from the perspective of funders, realities of corruption and sustainability. Father Jolly continues his recap… The creative and inspiring Morning Prayer and Holy Mass set the tune for nice third...