Is your family perfect? No? Isn’t the birth of Jesus an invitation to a radical change in our thinking to grow into the mind of Christ’s way of thinking? It is okay to develop and grow within our family… as Jesus did!
Month: December 2018
A Vincentian View: Maranatha
We hope for another coming of Jesus. But we must find our way to the one who has come by opening our eyes and ears, but especially our hearts.
Pope Francis’ Christmas Wish For the World
Pope Francis’ Christmas message is all about a child who came to tell us that “God is a good Father and we are all brothers and sisters”
Pope Francis’ Homily at Midnight Mass
Celebrating Midnight Mass Pope Francis says Jesus’ birth in a manger teaches us to share our lives with our brothers and sisters in need.
Celebrating the Birth of Christ for the 80th time
Celebrating the Birth of Christ for the 80th time Dear family and friends, I certainly don’t remember anything from my first celebration of the birth of Christ. I do know that my understanding of the significance of Christ’s birth has changed over the years. In fact,...
Young Adults Learning to Serve in Philadelphia
” It is not until you have had your own experience of helping someone in poverty that’s going to make a difference helping you to understand what its like to live in poverty.”
Recognizing the face of the Christ in those born 2000 years after Christ
Join with Vincentians in recognizing the face of the Christ in those born 2000 years after the birth of Christ.
Light Through the Darkness
There are moments of pain and suffering sprinkled through narratives of the birth of Christ. Fr. Tom McKenna asks why? What might this mean for Vincentinas?
Vincentian Family Speaks Its Truth at the UN
https://famvin.org/en/2018/12/12/vincentian-family-speaks-its-truth-at-the-un/
Prayers for recovery of Mrs. Kathleen Arnone, mother of Fr. Harry Arnone, C.M.
December 18, 2018 Please remember in your prayers Mrs. Kathleen Arnone the mother of Fr. Harry Arnone, C.M. Mrs. Arnone is in the hospital. Por favor recuerden en sus oraciones … Sra. Kathleen Arnone la madre del P. Harry Arnone, CM. La Sra. Arnone está hospitalizada.
We Are All Part of the Genealogy of Christ!
The genealogy of Christ says a lot about the people God worked through in the past to bring about the plan of the Incarnation. It also says a lot about the people through whom God continues to work in the world.
WYD – What’s at stake for our confreres
World Youth Day (1/ 22-27 will be preceded by a historic meeting of indigenous youth January 17-21. The Eastern Province’s Joe Fitzgerald, CM is playing a leading role.
Charles Dickens – Artists as a Voice for the Poor
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/16/charles-dickens-artists-as-a-voice-for-the-poor/
Charles Dickens – Artists as a Voice for the Poor
Artists through the centuries have challenged superficial visions of poverty and inspired dedication to direct services improving the condition of the poor.
What’s So Special About December 8th?
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/08/whats-so-special-about-december-8th/
How Vincentian Education Shapes Future Leaders
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/09/how-vincentian-education-shapes-future-leaders/
Preaching in the Public Square
Fr. Pat Griffin of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission offers a unique insight into Jesus’ inaugural sermon in Luke 4: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has sent me to preach the Gospel to the poor.”
The Word of God in the Desert
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/11/the-word-of-god-in-the-desert/
The Word of God in the Desert of Our Lives
God is with us in the desert. Advent hope involves living in darkness and longing for the hope that paradoxically came and is coming in the unexpected form of a helpless baby.
How Vincentian Education Shapes Future Leaders
Let me share two stories that reveal how Vincentian education shapes future leaders.
What’s So Special About December 8th?
The Immaculate Conception! We celebrate an early stage of the Advent of “Good News”. But there is more to celebrate from some much later stages of the Advent of Good News. Let me draw attention to them.. and Pope Francis’ own prayer.
My New Way of Entering Into Advent Expectation
https://famvin.org/en/2018/12/07/my-new-way-of-entering-into-advent-expectation/
The Future Pulls the Present
Advent (Ad: toward; Vent: coming), lays out the direction of the season. It doesn’t just celebrate the future but what of that future is being poured into the present.
Eastern Province Vincentian to Lead Mission of Catholic Higher Education
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) announced that Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, CM will become its next president in 2019. He will continue to strengthen and promote the Catholic mission and identity of its member campuses
A Baby Changes Everything
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/04/a-baby-changes-everything/
A Baby Changes Everything
A baby changes everything! But one baby changed everything – for everyone – literally!
The Best-kept Secret of the Eastern Province
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/12/02/the-best-kept-secret-of-the-eastern-province/
The Best-kept Secret of the Eastern Province
The best-kept ministry in the Eastern Province of the Congregation of Mission will surprise you!
What is Not True and What is True
As we move into the Advent season, occasional FamVin contributor Susan Stabile shares Daniel Berrigan’s Advent Credo, from his Testimony: The Word Made Flesh. It’s been shared before but t it is worth another look, especially in the troubled times in which we live. Read it. Pray It. Sing It. But most of all: Believe It, and […]
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!