Formation

What was your mother’s special recipe?

by John Freund, CM | October 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Nobody could make (fill in your favorite meal )… at least not like she did. There was something special about it. You can still almost taste it.

Where Do You Fit In Now?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | October 19, 2023 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 1 Comment

How do you further conversations with people who have different starting points and live in other categories than your own?

Reflect the Creator and Owner of All

by Ross Dizon | October 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the image of the God whom no one has ever seen. Hence, he cannot but reflect God who is merciful, kind, and faithful. No doubt, we Christians want to reflect Jesus. And we believe, of course, that to reflect him means to reflect also the very God whose...

Lord, I Am Not Worthy (Mt 21:28-32)

by Tom McKenna, CM | October 18, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Reading Jesus’ parable about the two Sons, it struck me how often in the Gospels Jesus leans in favor of the ones who are out of favor.

A Vincentian View: “Becoming a Mother”

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

This Christmastime has had a special character for me. Watching each of my nieces with her child has been an education.

Homage to the King of the Jews and of All Nations

by Ross Dizon | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the Prince of peace and sovereignty rests on his shoulders. We get to him, so we may do him homage, by the...

Pope Francis – Mothers Keep Things Together!

by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

“The scandal of the manger” – A New Year’s “mindwalk” using the words of Pope Francis.

The Student is the Teacher’s Masterpiece: St. Albert the Great and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

by Tom Hoopes | Nov 17, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Teachers can’t expect to have a student as exceptional as St. Thomas Aquinas, but both Albertus Magnus and Mother Seton understood that every teacher can create “masterpieces” by forming students in Christ’s image.

“Practicing” The Faith (Malachi 3:19-20)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

As with all literature, there are many words in the Scriptures that need interpretation, that second look to get at their more underlying meaning.

How Does House-lessness Differ From Home-lessness?

by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

I wondered what “wandering art gallery eyes” might mean; I often find intriguing insights in the French Catholic periodical La Croix.

Outcasts Who Enter the Kingdom Before Us

by Ross Dizon | Nov 15, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus does not turn down the outcasts that come to him, but welcomes them. He promises to give them God’s kingdom. We celebrate the solemn feast of Jesus Christ, King of the universe. And the Church sends us back to the place called “The Skull.” There, they crucify...