Formation
Applications Open: Young Adult Vincentian Small Faith Community
by Mary Pimmel-Freeman | July 12, 2023 | Formation, News | 0 Comments
Attention Young Adults Ages 18-35! The next Vincentian Small Faith Community cohort will begin in August 2023 and continue through December 2023. Apply Today!
Receiving Me (2 Kings,4; Mt 10:40)
by Tom McKenna, CM | July 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Two agitated men, just coming from a disastrous happening, were walking down a country road and pouring out their shared troubles. Each was focused on his own grief, but each was also was taking in the pain of the other.
Do Mothers Have Favorites?
by John Freund, CM | July 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Do mothers have favorites? It depends on who you ask! Here I explore whether God has favorite children.
Optimists, for They Rely on the Word
by Ross Dizon | July 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jesus is at once the Good News of the kingdom and he that preaches it. He wants us to be optimists, preaching with him bountifully, not sparingly.
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What was your mother’s special recipe?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
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.
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Where Do You Fit In Now?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Oct 19, 2023 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
How do you further conversations with people who have different starting points and live in other categories than your own?
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Reflect the Creator and Owner of All
by Ross Dizon | Oct 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the God whom no one has ever seen. Hence, he cannot but reflect God who is merciful, kind, and...
A Vincentian Minute: Virtue from the inside out– Simplicity
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 6, 2022 | Formation
In a five-part series, Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. invites us to examine how we live the virtues as self-examination. This week: am I simple with myself?
Lenten Video Series, Day 4: Called to Give
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
When fully practicing our faith, there are no half-measures. Phil Tran explains that we can only truly understand joy through sacrifice and unity with Christ.
Lenten Video Series, Day 3: A New Foundation
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For Kasey Brown, the concept of “giving something up” for Lent went from being a casual observation of tradition to a life-changing spiritual rebirth that strengthened the foundation of her love for God.
St. Vincent de Paul: Uniting Action And Contemplation
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 4, 2022 | Formation
Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. offers a few reflections on Vincent’s capacity to unite action and contemplation.
Please Don’t Feed the Trolls
by John Freund, CM | Mar 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
In the language of the internet, a troll is a person who makes inflammatory, insincere, or otherwise off-topic comments in a social setting.
Lenten Video Series, Day 2: Going Deeper
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
As a Mission Youth Apostle, Joe Coffey found that his desire to go deeper into his faith was hitting continual road blocks of fear and uncertainty.
A Canadian View: What About Black History?
by Jim Paddon | Mar 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
You must look at yourself and any conscious or unconscious biases you may have. You must speak out when you hear others act or comment about someone.
Lenten Video Series, Day 1: To Make Holy
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Sacrifice, at its root, means “To Make Holy.” Father Aidan Rooney, C.M. joins us at The Miraculous Medal Shrine to open up our 2022 Lenten Series: The Joy of Sacrifice.
A Vincentian View: Be Kind
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Sometimes when I read the Scriptures, a word pops out for me in a way that it has not done before.