Formation
“Walking With Vincent” with Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, CM
As we approach St. Vincent’s Feast Day on September 27, let’s visit with Fr. Griffin some of the places in France where St. Vincent lived and ministered.
United Against… Or… With Our Enemies?
On 9/11 we immediately think of the pain and suffering, the injustice of the attacks. This leads to a defensive stance united against our enemies. The emotions run deep.
A Journey Through Vincentian Spirituality – Part 3
As part of Vincentian month, we welcome you to join us each week as Fr Mark Noonan CM brings us on a journey through Vincentian Spirituality over the next 4 weeks. This week we offer part 3.
MSBT Centennial Year
The Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (MSBT) are celebrating their 100th year. In 1918 they were officially incorporated in the State of Alabama. Join them in celebrating!
Dreams – Martin Luther King, Frederic Ozanam, St. Vincent, Our Own
Is your dream still alive? How would you put it in words?
“Ashia”: I see your struggle, but have courage, this struggle does not have the last word.
Ashia, Ash rae, those who mourn, they will be comforted. Jesus’ words from the cross “My God, My God why have you forsaken me” Psalm 22, which is immediately followed by Psalm 23 “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack.”
Missionaries just like the One Who Sends Them
Jesus is the model of the true missionary. He sends us who claim to be Christians as his missionaries, for the sake of others. As the Father has sent him, so Jesus sends his disciples. That is to say, God’s missionary par excellence, in turn, makes his disciples...
A Vincentian View: Peace Be With You
Vincentian View: “Peace be with you” If you have gotten messages from me, you will see that I most often finish my notes with “Peace” or “Peace in the Risen Lord” or some such variation on “peace.” Many people may feel that it is a left over from my hippie-days and...
If Einstein Is Right…
Why do we feed, clothe and house the marginalized over and over?
VLM/VMC Impact: Hardly a Day Goes By…
We will be sharing a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Hardly a day goes...
Happy Easter – What Does That Even Mean?!
Thoughts by Lisa Bright Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 I love Chocolate. And I love Easter. However, chocolate is not why I love Easter. The journey to Easter began 6 weeks ago on Ash Wednesday. In the Christian tradition Lent is a period of 40 days where Christians...
Following Behind “The Story”
Following Behind “The Story” Especially in this age of Facebook and Instagram has the power of story come to the fore. That is, increasingly so, the narrative much more than the bullet-pointed outline is what does the most effective job of getting through to hearts...