Formation
Who Wants To Change Your Way of Thinking?
by John Freund, CM | December 22, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking.
Find Jesus Christ on the Outskirts
by Ross Dizon | December 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XII
by John Freund, CM | December 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The poor and rich, the weak and the powerful are one and the same flesh of humanity…
Daughters of Charity Services launches campaign to support disadvantaged young families at Christmas
by Riana Rae Brown | December 20, 2021 | Formation, News | 0 Comments
Daughters of Charity Services has launched a new campaign – Make a Child’s Christmas – to raise money for young families in the UK who are struggling to meet basic needs.
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“Walking With Vincent” with Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, CM
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 16, 2022 | Formation
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.
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United Against… Or… With Our Enemies?
by John Freund, CM | Sep 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
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.
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A Journey Through Vincentian Spirituality – Part 3
by Mark Noonan CM | Sep 15, 2022 | Formation
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
by .famvin | Apr 6, 2018 | Formation, Other Branch News
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
by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
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.
by Maura Martin, CVV 10 | Apr 5, 2018 | Formation, Other Branch News, Reflections
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
by Ross Dizon | Apr 5, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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…
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Why do we feed, clothe and house the marginalized over and over?
VLM/VMC Impact: Hardly a Day Goes By…
by Suzanne Gillen | Apr 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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?!
by Lisa Bright, SSVP Australia | Apr 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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”
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
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...