Formation
It’s Called Fairness
by Jim Claffey | June 27, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 4 Comments
A three-year-old screams “It’s not fair” when she thinks her brother gets something she doesn’t. Another child cries out the same when told it’s time for bed while an older sibling stays up.
Who’s In/Out? (Mark 3:20-35)
by Tom McKenna, CM | June 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I remember a man complaining that there was too much dissention in his family. He used a memorable phrase to describe their connections: “In a given month, who’s in and who’s out?”
Part 1: Prophetic Episcopal Message Washes Up On a Beach
by John Freund, CM | June 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I invite you to make your own judgment about how prophetic it was then … and still should be.
Generous to All like Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | June 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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Heard any Shocking Statements?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Heard any really “shocking statements” in the last 24 hours?
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Contemplation: True Presence
by Tim Williams | Jul 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St....
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Sent Ones, Men and Women, of Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Jul 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
As the Father sends him, so Jesus sends his disciples. These sent ones carry out what their Teacher tells them to...
Experience, the Mother of Knowledge • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We are convinced that the science of charitable reforms is not learned in the books or in the tribunes of the public assemblies, but by going up to the hovel of the poor, sitting at their bedside, suffering the cold they suffer. Then, in friendly conversation, we have...
Louise de Marillac: Animator of the Confraternities of Charity
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 19, 2024 | Formation
In May 1629, Vincent de Paul made a request of Louise de Marillac. Would she accept going to Montmirail to visit the Confraternities of Charity established in that town and the neighboring villages?
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...
Vincentian Places 03 – Dax
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation
Vincent’s father sent him to Dax for four years, for secondary studies to be able to secure an ecclesiastical benefice.