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

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Why did you join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? And why do you stay? These are two very important questions for every Vincentian to meditate upon from time to time. Membership is a vocation, a calling. Each of us heard...

Lenten Video Series, Day 8: No Greater Love

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Deacon Ryan Nguyen recounts how, on the night before his crucifixion, Christ prayed for joy.

Lenten Video Series, Day 7: Sacré-Cœur

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Sister Cora Caeli, S.V. introduces us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Salt of the Earth – Vincentians Follow the Beatitudes

by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Salt of the Earth – Vincentians Follow the Beatitudes - Helping Others as Jesus Would – Jesus was Merciful Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Salt of the Earth Answering Christ’s call to be “the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13) requires being in the world. But we have...

Martyrs of Angers

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 29, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation

On February 1 we commemorate the Daughters of Charity Martyrs of Angers, Blessed Odile Baumgarten and Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot. At the ceremony in Rome on 19 February 1984 Pope John Paul II beatified ninety-nine persons who died for the faith in...

I Love People Like Alexis Fuentes #IamVincent

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

In January of last year, I met with a young woman in a cafe in northern New Jersey. She is Alexis Fuentes, a former Missionary Cenacle Volunteer, and I spoke with her about her connection to the Vincentian Family and a bit of her life as she was living it. She's a...

A Model of Vincentian Leadership and Transition

by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2017 | Reflections, Vincentian Family

As everyone knows the United States of America is in the midst of a major transition in leadership and a vision of leadership itself. I could not help but reflect on the major transition of leadership and the vision of leadership reflected in SVDP CEO Dave Barringer’s...

Purpose and Spirit of the Congregation of the Mission • A Weekly Reflection with Louise

by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jan 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

“That the principal end of the Association be knowledge of oneself and contempt for the things of the world, practiced by the resolution to serve the Parishes, in submission and obedience to the Pastors, while renouncing all benefices and honors. In the design of...

Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, D.C. and the Green Scapular

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 27, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation

On January 28, 1840, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. This began a series of visits which culminated in a special gift of Mary: The Green Scapular. This is described in the presentation below. [slideshare...

Sisters of Charity: Rebuilding Lives with Love

by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 27, 2017 | Formation, News, Reflections, Sisters of Charity

We are always on mission. We are always trying to live, be and do what being a Sister of Charity is all about. Because this is who we are. In our good days and our bad days, we are sisters of Charity. - Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC President Enjoy the video and description...

A Vincentian View: A Vincentian Pentecost

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

A Vincentian View: “A Vincentian Pentecost” Like many of you, I have been thinking about the 400th anniversary year for a while. Partly, that is because of my desire to celebrate it worthily as an individual and within my ministry, but more so because I want to...