For most, but not for everyone, Thanksgiving is a day with lots of good things to eat, parades and football games to watch, family traditions to be celebrated.
Reflections
Raising Awareness of the Sin of Racism
by Sandy Figueroa | May 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In an attempt to raise awareness of the sin of racism, the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York have presented conferences, webinars, and other educational resources.
A Vincentian View: Acts of the Apostles
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
One of the great blessings of the Easter Season is the way in which the church directs our attention to the Acts of the Apostles in both the weekday and the Sunday readings.
Mayday! Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
Distinctive Mark of Christ’s Disciples
by Ross Dizon | May 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
An Advent Journey With St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | Introduction
by Emily Stimpson Chapman | Nov 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Over the next four weeks, the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton will reflect on Mother Seton’s lifelong journey of Advent. Introduction.
Prepare the Way of the Lord Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Nov 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the King who comes to rule the earth with justice. We all have to repent and prepare for his coming. To...
Our Children and COVID-19
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Apr 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
According to UNICEF, children may be the hidden victims of COVID-19 as health systems buckle, borders close, and schools and businesses shutter.
Recounting The Good News (Lk 24:13-35)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
While not as central to faith as The Lord’s “doing this in remembrance of Me,” the recollecting we Vincentians do has its own way of bringing past graces into the now.
The Acts of the Apostles Are About Us – Today
by John Freund, CM | Apr 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
We can read the Acts of the Apostles as interesting history detached from our lives. Or we can read them as stories about real people – people like ourselves, people facing the same issues we do today.
Remember Jesus, His Works and Words
by Ross Dizon | Apr 21, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God and the Son of Mary, has risen! We should remember him and also preach him as our Good News (2 Tim 2, 8). We Christians love Jesus Christ although we have not seen him. And even though we do not see him now yet we believe in him...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Can We Hear God’s Consoling Word?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Are we prepared to hear God’s consoling word when it is simply saying “I am with you in the midst of this?
Alleluia Breaks the Silence!!!
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Each day we have to balance and break the silence of Good Friday with the most natural and least reprehensible thing, a little music, dancing, singing, another alleluia.
“Pay It Forward” Divine Mercy Sunday
by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
“Be merciful, as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). Sounds a lot like “Pay it forward.”
The Sun Never Sets on the Vincentian Family!!
by Dee Mansi | Apr 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
I know that wherever I go in this world, and certainly in the 156 countries in which the Vincentian Family are present, I can feel instantly at home.
Prayer According to Saint Vincent de Paul – Part II
by Vinicius Teixeira Ribeiro, CM | Apr 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Part II of “Prayer according to Saint Vincent de Paul”