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VINCENTIAN STUDIES COURSE
BOQUERON, CHIRIQUI, PANA
JOHN P. PRAGER, C.M. 1995
II. THE MYTHIC VINCENT:
THE SPIRIT AND THE CHARISM
NOTE: Mythic is used here not in the sense of legend or made
up stories. Rather it means a story that contains a deeper truth or
one that inspires.
A. FOUNDATIONS OF VINCENTIAN SPIRITUALITY: GOD, THE WORLD
AND THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE VISION OF ST. VINCENT
GOAL: Understand the meanings of some key themes in spirituality
according to St. Vincent's vision.
READINGS FOR THE TEACHER:
Coluccia, 122-126, 133-152, 170-183, 224-233, 282-286.
Corera, J., "La Revolución Perdida," in Diez Estudios
Vicencianos, (Salamanca:CEME, l983), p. 264-288.
--, "The Poor in St. Vincent de Paul,"(Mss. translation of the
article in Vincentiana (l984).
De Dios, V., Vicente de Paúl: Biografía y Espiritualidad,
(México: Clavería, l991), p. 68-8o y 207-230.
Dodin, A., "Théologie de la Charité selon St. Vincent
de Paul," Vincentiana 2O (l976), p. 263-285.
Fernández, J., "Cristología de Vicente de Paúl,"
Anales (l985), p. 598-612.
--, "El Cristo de los Fundadores," Anales (l987), p. 443-
552.
Ibáñez, J.M., "Caridad en San Vicente de Paúl"
in LaCaridad, Carisma Vicenciano, (Salamanca:CEME, l993), p.237-
274.
--, Vicente de Paúl: Realismo, p. 85-87, 102-111
y 295- 302.
--, "Le Pauvre, Icône de Jésus-Christ," in Monsieur
Vincent, Témoin de l'Evangile, (Toulouse:l990), p. 155-168.
Kinerk, E., "Toward a Method for the Study of Spirituality,"
Review for Religious 40 (l981), p. 6ff.
Renouard, J.P.,"Le Christ de M. Vincent," Vincentiana
28
(l984), p. 565-577.
Toscani, G., Amore, Contemplazione, Teologia: Gesu Cristo visto
da S. Vincenzo, (Pinerolo, Alzani, l987).
--, La Mistica dei Poveri, (Pinerolo: Alzani, (l986).
"Umanesimo Cristocentrico di San Vincenzo de Paoli," Annali
della Missione 87 (l980), p.8-25.
READINGS FOR THE NOVICES:
Ibáñez, J.M., "Voluntarism of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian
Heritage 6 (l985), p. 148-171.
Mezzadri, L., "Humility in the Apostolic Dynamism of Vincent
de Paul, Vincentian Heritage 1 (l980), p. 11-23.
OPTIONAL READINGS:
Forsatti, J., "The Biblical Foundations of Vincentian Spirituality,"
(Mss translation of an artcle in CLAPVI (l981)
Maloney, R., "The Christ of Vincent de Paul," Vincentiana
33 (l989), p. 225-246.
--, "Providence Revisited," Vincentiana 37 (l993), p.
594-614.
Pires de Almeida, J., "The Originality of the Spirit of St. Vincent,"
(Mss translation of an article in CLAPVI(l981).
| GOD |
THE WORLD |
THE HUMAN
PERSON |
The Popular idea:
God is distant |
The Popular Idea:
The World is Corrupt |
The Popular Idea:
The Negative Vision |
| Vincent's Idea:
God reveals himself in
History
Merciful
Compassionate
Active
Faithful
Providence
Works in humanity
Christ is the point of
contact |
Vincent's Idea:
God's Place
Place where God acts
Place where humanity
comes to salvation
Openess |
Vincent's Idea:
Optimistic Realism
God's instrument
Love perfects
Empty without God
The INCARNATION speaks of human dignity
Christ present in people |
The following questions might be discussed:
1. How much of St. Vincent's vision is still valid today?
2. Vincent developed his ideas about God, the world and the human
person by creating a synthesis of his own experience and the teachings
of theologians in the 17th Century. What would a contemporary Vincentian
synthesis look like?
B. THE VINCENTIAN CHARISM
GOAL: To understand the gift given by the Spirit to the
Vincentian family for the construction of the Kingdom.
READINGS FOR THE TEACHER:
Antonello, E., Lineamenti de Esperienza Vincenziana, (Rome, Edizioni
Vincenziane, l981).
Bastiaensen, A., "La Identidad del Misionero Vicentino," CLAPVI
27 (l980), p. 116-131.
--, "Breves Apuntes en torno al Carisma y la Espiritualidad Vicentinas
y Nuestra Conciencia Misionera," CLAPVI 68 (l990), p. 229-237.
Berrade, A., "El Fin de la C.M.." CLAPVI 9 (l975), p.
147-155.
Corera, J., "Qui ad Margenes Societatis Sunt Reicti," Vincentiana
32 (l988), p. 337ff.
--, "Un Manifiesto Vicenciano," in Mensaje Vicenciano y Juventud
Actual, (Salamanca:CEME, l987), p.11-40.
--, "Vicencianos en la Misión de la Iglesia Hoy," Vincentiana
37 (l993), p. 5l9-530.
Dodin, A., L'Esprit Vincentien, (Paris:Desclee, l981).
--, "Espíritu de San Vicente, Espíritu de Misión,"
in Vicente de Paúl: Pervivencia de un Fundador, (Salamanca:
CEME, l974), p. 79-86.
Ibáñez, J.M., Vicente de Paúl y los Pobres
de su Tiempo, p. 329-337.
--, "Opción Vicenciana por los Pobres," in Respuesta
Vicenciana a las Nuevas Formas de Pobreza, (Salamanca:CEME, l988),
p. 115-158.
--, "Los Pobres Razón de Ser de las Hijas de la Caridad,"
in Don del Amor de Dios a la Iglesia y a los Pobres, (Salamanca:
CEME, l982), p. 153-207.
Incott, A., "La Vocación Vicentina: Consegración-Misión,"
CLAPVI 41 (l983), p. 424-438.
Koch, B., "St. Vincent-Et Nous- a la Suite du Christ Evangélisateur
dans sa Relation au Père, et aux Pauvres," Vincentiana
37 (l993), p. 361-415.
Pimentel, N. y M. Lins De Sales, "Seguir a Jesucristo, Servidor
de los Pobres," CLAPVI 41 (l983), p. 343-362.
Renouard, J.P., "Evangelizare Pauperibus Misit Me dans l'Experience
de St. Vincent," Vincentiana 37 (l993), p.324- 337.
Rigazio, A., "Itinerario Espiritual de San Vicente de Paúl,"
CLAPVI 32 (l981), p. 205-216.
Tamayo, A., "Continuar la misma Misión de Cristo, Vincentiana
28 (l984), p. 587-598.
--, Opción por los Pobres, (Bogota:Ed. Vicentino,
(l979), p. 30-44 y 76-78.
Ubillús, J., "La Espiritualidad Vicentina," CLAPVI
9 (l975), p. 156-166.
READINGS FOR THE NOVICES:
Lozano, J.M., "Founder and Community: Inspiration and
Charism," Review for Religious 37 (l982), p. 214-225.
PLUS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
Bastiaensen, A., "Vincentian Charism in Today's World," CLAPVI
2 (l973), p. 6-8.(Mss. translation).
--, "The Vincentian Mission Today," CLAPVI 6 &7 (l975),
p. 34-39 & 82-86 (Mss. translation).
Cormack, J., "Reflections on Service to the Poor," Vincentian Heritage
13 (l992), p. 155-164.
Devine, R., "Towards a Spirituality for Vincentians in Higher Education,"
Vincentiana 30 (l986), p. 203-218.
Ibáñez, J.M., "St. Vincent and the Judgement of
the Poor," Vincentiana 22(l978), p. 90-127 (mss. translation).
McCullagh, M., "The World of the Disempowered as Milieu of Evangelization,"
Colloque (l989), p. 32-45.
Mezzadri, L., "Evangelizare Pauperibus, Colloque 26 (l992),
p. 84-92.
Noonan, M., "Deepening Our Vincentian Vocation, Colloque
(l989), p. 25-31.
The Objective of the C.M., Document of the Preparatory
Committee for the l980 General Assembly).
Prager, J.P., "Reflections on the Renewal of Vincentian Spirituality,"
Vincentiana 25 (l981), p. 366-383.
Weisner, T., "Experiencing God in the Poor," Vincentiana
33 (l988), p. 328-336.
Zedde, I., "Evangelization of the Poor According to St. Vincent,"
in The Evangelizer of the Poor: St. Vincent de Paul, (Manila;
Adamson Univ., l985), p. 81-98.
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