by John Freund, CM | Apr 25, 2014 | Formation
Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, Palestine – our eyes glaze over… or shut in horror. We long for peace but it seems to many to be further away than ever in recent years. Our times are not the best of times. Vincent lived in similar times. “With the exception...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2014 | Formation
Within our Vincentian Family, we often cite the saying of St. Vincent: “Love is creative even to infinity” as a sort of rallying cry for adaptation. But do we understand Vincent’s use of the phrase? Robert Maloney CM writes… “Ordinarily, we use this...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 11, 2014 | Formation
he challenge from Pope Francis is clear. “WAKE UP THE WORLD” “The church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, acting, living! (Show) it’s possible to live differently in this world.” “A charism...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2014 | Formation
What makes a Vincentian campus Vincentian? This was the question Fr. Gregory Gay, CM addressed in his presentation at Niagara University the day before the installation of Fr. James Maher, CM as 26th President of Niagara University. His answer “Hard work and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2014 | Formation
Phrase we have used in the Vincentian Family… do we know where they came from and what is their context? Leave God for God Turn the medal The poor are our Lords and masters Affective and effective love The poor evangelize us The poor are our judges The following...
