Formation

The Heart of Jesus in the Spirituality of St. Louise de Marillac

by Famvin Media Resources | June 6, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments

‘Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart.’ was a Scripture verse that Louise and Vincent loved to quote.

Strengthening Our Mission: The Power of Collaboration in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

by Shirley Smalley | June 6, 2024 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

Our vocation calls us to reach out and serve beside other people of good will to help relieve poverty and injustice.

Following Mother Seton’s Path Into the Sacred Heart of Jesus

by Lisa Lickona | June 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Devotion to the Sacred Heart teaches us that the way of the saints is not about an abstract ideal or rules for life, but about the unfathomable love of God, who we embrace—blood, sweat and all. The objection I often feel when I see a picture honoring the Sacred Heart...

A Vincentian View: On the Way for a Visit

by Pat Griffin, CM | June 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

On the campus of both Niagara University and St. John’s University, identical life-size metal statues of the Blessed Mother stand outside in grassed areas.

Firewood for the Soul: Risk for Reward

by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | Jun 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

Homily: Making ourselves “radically available” to others (Video)

by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

An interesting homily by Bishop Donald J. Hying, the former National Episcopal Advisor to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA.

What Rich Man will be Saved? • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Jun 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

We need not dwell on those amongst them who are better off [at Lyonnais Street]; those who, for six persons, can...

Undervalued Gift

by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

I am finally becoming aware of the gift I have taken for granted all my life. The home we call Planet Earth. I suspect I am not alone in this.

Happiness

by Jim Claffey, CM | Apr 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

The annual World Happiness Report is out. But a lot of people won’t be happy.

Solidarity – in Life, Death, and New Life (Mark 14:1-15:47)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”

Doubting Thomas – the Fact-checker

by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.

Contemplation: To You Alone – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

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

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even when you are uncertain of the truth. Is this not what we are called to do in our encounters with the neighbor? Thomas, we are told in John’s gospel,...

Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah, Good Shepherd

by Ross Dizon | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah. Yet he lords over no one; he serves and is the Good Shepherd who gives his life for the sheep. A ruler among Jesus’ own should not at all be like a ruler among the Gentiles. The latter lords it over others. The former, on...