VINCENTIAN
SPIRITUALITY
ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC SCHOOL OF
BULAN
SY 2022-2023
Spirituality
St. Theresa
of Calcutta
Nelson
Mandela
1st President of S.
Africa
Mahatma
Ghandi
Leader for the
campaign against
India’s Indipendence
Ma. Leonor
Robredo
Jesus of
Nazareth
St. Vincent
de Paul
Vincentian Spirituality
ENCOUNTERING CHRIST IN
THE POOR:
Seeing the Face of Christ in
the Poor
What is
Spirituality?
Spirituality
- a life lived in alignment with
God’s Spirit. .
Christian Spirituality
- encompasses the dynamic
character of human life lived in
conscious relationship with God in
Christ through the Spirit, as
experienced within a com- munity
of believers.
Christian Spirituality
- to live this spirituality is to
attend to what is of God and to
deepen in a life of conversion
that has discipleship as its goal.
Christian Spirituality
- best expressed authentically by
living out of our Christian
baptismal promises.
Christian Spirituality
- Christian baptismal promises: reject everything that is not of
God and live according to His
Will.
UNIT I: A Personal Commitment:
Within God’s Plan
Scope and
Sequence
• Lesson 1: We make a personal commitment
within God’s vast plan of love.
• Lesson 2: God our Creator brings us into his
covenant of love
• Lesson 3: God our Father forgives and heals
us, his unfaithful children.
UNIT II: Being Faithful Together: With
Jesus and Mary
Scope and
Sequence
• Lesson 4: We bear each other’s burdens and
remain faithful together.
• Lesson 5: Jesus committed himself to be our
Savior.
• Lesson 6: Jesus was faithful to his Father
unto death on the cross
• Lesson 7: Mary is our loving Mother in good
times and in bad
UNIT III: Committed as One Nation:
With the Spirit and the Church
Scope and
Sequence
• Lesson 8: We commit ourselves to
contribute in building our nation
• Lesson 9: The Holy Spirit keeps us faithful to
God and to our Church
• Lesson 10: The Beatitudes foster Christ’s
values of justice and mercy.
• Lesson 11: The Beatitudes foster Christ’s
values of freedom and solidarity
UNIT IV: A Commitment in Life and
Beyond: With God Forever
Scope and
Sequence
• Lesson 12: We make a commitment in life and
beyond to live with God forever.
• Lesson 13: We renew our commitment to God
in the sacraments of the Eucharist and
Reconciliation.
• Lesson 14: We commit ourselves to our lifechoice in the sacraments of Marriage and Holy
Orders.
• Lesson 15: St. Vincent and St. Louise persevered
in their commitment to God and the poor
• Lesson 16: Jesus is the King of Kings—to him our
entire lives
PART III: TOWARDS A CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE
AND ASIAN ECCLESIOLOGY
MAT 204:
Ecclesiology
Chapter 8: Nature of the Church
Chapter 9: Universal and Particular Churches
Chapter 10: Synodal Communion
Chapter 11: A Poor, Fraternal and Inculturated Church
Chapter 12: Missionary and Dialogal Church
Synthesis
CHURCH
(according to Vatican 2)
Church ad Intra
(Lumen Gentium)
Church ad Extra
(Gaudium et Spes)
Chapter 1 : The Mystery of the Church
Chapter 2 : The People of God
Church ad Intra
(Lumen
Gentium)
Chapter 3 : The Hierarchical Structure of the Church,
with Special Reference to the Episcopate
Chapter 4 : The Laity
Chapter 5 : The Call of the Whole Church to Holiness
Chapter 6 : Religious
Chapter 7 : The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim
Church and Her Union with the Heavenly Church
Chapter 8 : The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
Church ad
Extra
(Gaudium et
Spes)
What is the Church?
Who belongs to the Church
The Church and
the 5 W’s and 1
H
Where is the Church to be found?
When did the Church start, when does it
“take place”?
Why is there a Church?
How does the Church work / function / is
organized?
What is the Church?
(Nature of the Church)
Community of believers in
Jesus Christ
People of God
Human-Divine reality
The Church
• Vatican II: uses biblical images to define
the Church
• People of God
• Body of Christ
• Temple of the Spirit
• “Sacrament or sign of intimate union
with God”
• Sign of the kingdom of God
• Rooted in the mystery of the Triune
God
• A Pilgrim journeying towards its
eschatological destiny
• (Note: biblical / liturgical / theological
framework rather than simply sociological
or philosophical)
Who belong(s) to the
Church?
(Membership)
Christians
Believers in God
People of good will?
Criteria for belonging: 4 marks (one,
holy, catholic, apostolic)
Lay people
Consecrated persons
Ordained ministers
Church Members
“This Church, constituted and organized in
the world as a society, subsists in the
Catholic Church, which is governed by the
successor of Peter and by bishops in union
with that successor, although many elements
of sanctification and of truth can be found
outside of her visible structure.” (LG 8)
Church Members
• Linked with others who believe also in
Christ (LG 15)
• Related to others who believe in God
• Ecumenical relations
• Recognition of common beliefs and
practices
• Moving towards “Christian unity”
Where is the Church to be
found?
(Location / place)
• Origin: ”land of Israel”
• Throughout history: different parts of the
world
• Today: practically everywhere in the
world, even outside of the world?
• Largest basilicas and cathedrals, as well
as smallest chapel, community, group
When did the
Church start, when
does it “take
place”?
(Birth, Occurrence)
• Originally: time of Jesus of
Nazareth
• Since then, every year, season
and time
• Even in the future?
• Around the Eucharistic table
Why is there a Church?
(Mission of the Church)
• To continue the mission of Jesus of
Nazareth
• To be the living presence of God’s love
and concern
• To reveal to the world God’s reign
(Mission of the Triune God)
• To be the sacrament of man’s
communion with God
The Church’s Relation
to the World (Church
ad Extra)
• Solidarity with the rest of humanity
• Leaven in the world
• Offering an alternative to the values
of the world; has much to offer the
world in moral, spiritual and other
fields
• Cares for the world and the
environment
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(Organization)
How does the
Church work /
function / is
organized?
• Hierarchical-charismatic structure:
leaders (authority), general
membership, charismatic persons
• 3 areas of concern:
• Sacramental system (cult)
• Beliefs (creed)
• Service programs (code)
• Economic structure
• Recruitment
Church
Organization
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Baseline: one people united through baptism
Leadership in the hierarchy
Laity
Those with special charisms
Religious
Church Activities
• Pre-eminence of the Eucharist /
Liturgy as the highest form of the
Church defining itself
• Service of others, especially the
poor, and disadvantaged. Social
action
• Responding to the world
Past – present – future
Ecclesiology
navigates in
the on-going
tension between
Local – universal
Symbolic – real
Divine – human
One culture – various cultures
Ad intra – ad extra
Power vs. service
Truth vs. Disinformation
The Church of
the Future:
Challenges
Bureaucracy vs. rooted in people
Ways of God vs. human tendencies
Status quo vs. creativity
Church vs. State
ECCLESIOLOGY
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