by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Exploring Vincentian themes is part of our Lenten Shift, metaphorically “shifting gears” in Lent, can be a helpful process. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can feed the deeper parts of ourselves. This is the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Lent is a time for self examination. On his blog, self-described, “Writer. Performer. Youth worker. Educator. What I know is eclipsed by what I don’t. Working and writing for justice in all the ways I know how. Radical imagination. I’m coming for...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Lenten Shift, metaphorically “shifting gears” in Lent, can be a helpful process. Change what you do. Change what you see, change what you read. We fast so we can feed the deeper parts of ourselves. This is the first of a four week series that invites us...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
When was the last time you prayed for the success of systemic change? Do you pray for systemic change? By now we are all familiar with Pope Francis asking people to pray for him from his very first appearance as Pope. He is also encouraging us to pray. A question for...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Vincent and mentors Most readers of this website have heard many stories of St. Vincent, some true and others reflect the thought patterns of early biographers. I would like to set aside historical issues and approach selected incidents in Vincent’s life through the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 16, 2016 | Formation, Media, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Part of the Lenten journey is getting to know Jesus. Vincentians need to get to know our Jesus. He’s the Jesus of Paul and the Jesus of Luke. He’s a Jesus profoundly influenced by 17th century religious thought. He is Jesus crucified, and present to us in...
