Daughter of Charity, Sister Michelle Nguyen shares her harrowing story of her escape from Vietnam, and how her near-death sacrifice brought her closer to Christ than she ever thought possible.
Formation
Stop – Look – Listen… Rules For Our Roads
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Crossing the roads of your life do you “Stop – Look – Listen”?
Indwelling (John 14:21-26)
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Lord Jesus grew up in an agricultural setting, and so it’s no surprise that He draws on images that run through that world.
Vincentian Mothers – “Saints” and “Saints Next Door”
by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Mindwalk follows up with a look at Vincentian mothers who mentored dreams.
Contemplation: Invitation to Grow
by Tim Williams | May 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
A Vincentian View: Synodality and Listening
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For me, the word most frequently invoked as one reflects upon and participates in the call to synodality in the current Church is “listening.”
Are You a “Whack-a-mole” or “Big picture” Person?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” or “Big Picture.”
Video Prayer to St. Vincent
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 19, 2017 | Formation
In this video, we praise God for each of the many gifts we have received through the example of St. Vincent, and we ask God to enlighten us and bless us in our work with those who are poor and marginalized.
Open Your Eyes • A Music Video
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 19, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
I'm going to show my age (60). Bursting on the music scene out of Queens, New York in the mid-seventies, The Ramones are probably punk rock's best known band. Punk stripped down the rock music genre to its bare essentials, and a sub-group of this movement began to...
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 1• Still So Much to Learn #famvin400
by John Freund, CM | Feb 18, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the first of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism in light of the Social Doctrine of the Church” by Sr. María Pilar López. I have often heard the phrase "a prophet...
Giving Work and Teaching a Trade • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 17, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“The worker De Ferrandine knows how to make thick cotton cloth with hair on one of its faces, ordinary cloth and silk cloth, that sells well in good weather; accepts to teach willing people, to work with him: he has found for sale some fully equipped workshops; it...
Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet: February 18
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 17, 2017 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Tomorrow is the feast day of one of our Vincentian Saints, Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. He was canonized by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2000. Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M., writes: His friends described him as filled with tenderness and compassion. He lived a long, full...
The “Good Works Team” @SJUmission #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 16, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
On Tuesday, February 7, St. John’s redshirt senior Sandra Udobi was named to the 2017 Allstate Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Good Works Team®. The team honors college basketball student-athletes who have shown dedication to bettering the lives of...
Your Call • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
by Tomaz Mavrič, CM | Feb 16, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate the 400th anniversary during this year 2017. The first of this new series, "The Globalization of Charity" was already...
Repenting From Fear to Trust
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 15, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Repenting From Fear to Trust (Matthew 4: 17) In Matthew’s fourth chapter we come across what you might call the very first word in Jesus' very first sermon, Repent! Which means at base “to turn around.” And so the gospel, “From that time on, Jesus began to...
Pope Echoes Frederic Ozanam
by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change
“We must work toward changing the rules of the game of the socio-economic system, imitating the Good Samaritan of the Gospel is not enough.”