Formation

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

by Tim Williams | April 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

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 | April 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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 | April 16, 2024 | Formation | 1 Comment

Vincent’s father sent him to Dax for four years, for secondary studies to be able to secure an ecclesiastical benefice.

Firewood for the Soul: Your Eyes, My Eyes

by Samantha Hill | April 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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

Are You Looking Up or Around?

by John Freund, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A late 19th-century artist, James Tissot, graphically posed a question for us. In his depiction of the Ascension, he asks, “Why do you stand looking up into heaven? (Act 1:11)

Contemplation: Under the Cross

by Tim Williams | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or...

Majesty that Jesus Brings forth

by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus has gone up to heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high as Lord. He wants us to be as fully...

A Vincentian View: Dreaming

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” on August 28,1963 was scheduled to include a 3-hour program of speeches and performances by various civil rights leaders.

How Big Is Your Dream?

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

“Will that be … small, regular, or super-sized?”

Take Seriously the Good News of God

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

Jesus is the Good News of God in person. To take seriously this Good News means to have, for sure, life, bliss, salvation. There are those, of course, who do not take seriously Jesus’ proclamation that the kingdom of God has come. They say that if it were true, things...

Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 39

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.

Firewood for the Soul: The Experience of the Wilderness

by Samantha Hill | Jan 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

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

Cultural Diversity in One Faith: St. Mary’s Parish, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 14, 2024 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

Two videos about St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, located in Greensboro, NC and served by the Vincentian Family.

Do it for God (Do it for Love) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Jan 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

"One means of doing [your service] as God wills is to do it in charity—in charity, Sisters. How excellent that will make your service! But do you know what it means to do it in charity? It’s to do it in God, for God is charity, and it’s to do it purely for God; it’s...