Throughout her life, Mother Seton knew that we are never truly alone, even when life’s challenges are most daunting. Our Heavenly Father is always there for us—present, loving, merciful.
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by Tom McKenna, CM | June 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 4 Comments
The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”
by John Freund, CM | June 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I never gave much thought to what is involved when I hear or ask the question, “Don’t you understand?”
by Tim Williams | June 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
by Ross Dizon | June 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by Lisa M. Hendey | Jun 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Throughout her life, Mother Seton knew that we are never truly alone, even when life’s challenges are most daunting. Our Heavenly Father is always there for us—present, loving, merciful.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 21, 2024 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
June 26 is the memorial of five Daughters of Charity who were martyred during the French Revolution.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I share thoughts about the wineskins or frameworks of our thinking about God.
by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Above all else, let us learn how to defend our convictions without hating our adversaries, to love those who have a different opinion, to recognize the fact that Christians have many and varied viewpoints and that God can be served today as always. Let us complain...
by Famvin Media Resources | May 3, 2024 | Formation
Louise de Marillac, awakened by her faith in a God who takes the side of the poor, sees the person in distress and takes action.
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
by Danielle Bean | May 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
God doesn’t want a casual relationship. He wants us to turn to him in everything we do. As St. Elizabeth Ann Seton says: “He wants us to lift our hearts to him. Always.”
by Kathleen N. Hattrup | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton found in Sacred Scripture a path to God. Her life embodied what the Second Vatican Council called the “force and power in the word of God” that becomes the “support and energy of the Church.”
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A favorite verse, Psalm 4, reads: “Lord, let your face shine upon us.” It summons up a very warm and private kind of experience that each of us in our own way can recognize.
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
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!
by Tim Williams | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Many of our Conferences struggle with finding – and keeping – new members. Often, when this happens, we begin to tell ourselves that perhaps we are asking too much of potential members; scaring them off with the notion of...
by Ross Dizon | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us the greatest proof of love one can give. For he deigns to hand over his body and shed his blood out of love for us. I can give away all I own to help the poor or even hand over my body to burn. Still, this does not always mean I love; I could do it for...