Formation

Undervalued Gift

by John Freund, CM | April 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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 | April 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment

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 | April 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

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 | April 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

’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.

Zeal for God’s House

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

On the third Sunday of Lent, for the liturgical reading we have the gospel in which we read about Jesus’s action of...

Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 6

by .famvin | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation

Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.

Firewood for the Soul: Love and Gratitude Multiplying

by Samantha Hill | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

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

On Doves and Serpents • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Oct 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

"In actual practice this virtue is about choosing the right way to do things. We should make it a sacred principle, then, admitting of no exceptions, that since we are working for God we will always choose God-related ways for carrying out our work, and see and judge...

Places of St. Vincent

by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 6, 2023 | Formation

Fr. Bruce Krause, C.M. prepared these PowerPoint slides of special places in the life of St. Vincent de Paul.

Missing the Point!

by John Freund, CM | Oct 6, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Been in a conversation where someone missed your point? I certainly have. I have, more times than I care to admit, been the one who missed the point.

A Canadian View: Refreshing Our Social Justice Approach

by Jim Paddon | Oct 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

The term social justice can mean different to different people. It can also leave us confused on exactly what it is or is not.

More Than (Matthew 20:1-16)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

There’s an ancient (1964!) song entitled “More Than”– More than the greatest love the world has known/ this is the love I give to you alone.”

Putting Newest Cardinals in Their Place

by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

In speaking to the newest group of Cardinals, Pope Francis reminds them … and us… of an often-ignored passage from the Acts of the Apostles.

Dare the Wise and Learned to Be Truthful

by Ross Dizon | Oct 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the sign of contradiction. He brings to light what we harbor in our hearts. He cannot but dare us to be truthful. Jesus does not fail to dare the wise and the learned to choose the good that they learn and receive. That is to say, he asks them to act as...