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If Moccasins Could Speak!

by John Freund, CM | July 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Have you ever walked a mile in another’s moccasins? … in the moccasins of their sufferings?

Everyone Deserves a Home #famvin2024

by Jim Claffey | July 18, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation | 0 Comments

In only 6 years, from 2018 to 2023, the FAMVIN Homeless Alliance (FHA) has provided over 10,000 formerly homeless people with secure housing and access to other support services.

A Vincentian View: Francis de Sales

by Pat Griffin, CM | July 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac both held Saint Francis de Sales in high esteem.

The Church of Corinth – is the Past Prologue?

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In “The Tempest,” Shakespeare wrote, “What’s past is prologue!” Antonio is rationalizing the past as setting the stage for their next act, as a prologue does in a play.

Contemplation: The Way to Peace

by Tim Williams | July 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Our little human minds and hearts can sometimes become so bound up in worry and anxiety that we find it difficult to act, difficult even to know what actions to take. We pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and then...

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?

Prayer According to Saint Vincent de Paul – Part IV (end)

by Vinicius Teixeira Ribeiro, CM | Apr 20, 2020 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Part IV of “Prayer according to Saint Vincent de Paul”

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.