Formation
A Vincentian View: Our Daily Bread
by Pat Griffin, CM | June 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Remember the Exodus instructions to the people Israel in the desert? Each morning, they may collect only enough “manna” to feed them for the day (Exod 16:4-15).
Is the Church a Closet?
by John Freund, CM | June 9, 2021 | Formation, Systemic change | 4 Comments
Is the Church like a closet where we wistfully keep things from the past, a dreary chamber filled only with us, our problems and our disappointments? Then it will be impossible to recognize God’s silent and unassuming presence.
Patient and Lowly as Jesus and Farmers
by Ross Dizon | June 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent XIII
by John Freund, CM | June 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Before dinner, make the examination of conscience… on the resolutions you took at meditation…”
When is $500 per month more than $3,000?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 28, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
Cynthia Griffith, writing for Invisible People, backed up this “new math.”
A Vincentian View: Seeing and Believing
by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 27, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
In the readings of the Easter Season, it sometimes seems that the two positions of “seeing” and “believing” are mutually exclusive.
Empty Seats in the School of Jesus
by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
In a recent homily, Pope Francis warned us about “the empty seats in the school of Jesus:” Do any of these excerpts hit home?
White Slave Traffic • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"[Madame de Lamoignon told me that,] although we try to employ good women, the majority of them are forced to leave because of bad conduct rather than on account of the necessities of the times. Moreover, these women, who have been gathered from allover and who are of...
St. Louise de Marillac As Healer
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation
St. Louise and the Daughters of Charity as medical practitioners.
It’s About Love
by William Graham | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
William (Bill) Graham from Peel-North Toronto Ontario Regional Council, Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers his reflection, It's About Love: As Vincentians we can, and in most cases, do great things, help so many people and sometimes change lives. We are so...
Elizabeth Seton’s New York Audio Files
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, News
Take a New York walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. The saint (voice of Sr. Constance Brennan, SC) will be your guide to places in her native city where she lived, worshipped, or visited from 1774 to 1808. A narrator (voice of Sr. Anne Denise Brennan,...
What if it Was Your Neighborhood?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
Watch LET ME IN starring Alicia Keys. https://youtu.be/v-1hpZzJpmg There are more refugees in the world today than at any point in history. And half of them are children. LET ME IN is a cinematic experience which reimagines the refugee crisis as if it was happening on...
Still a stranger? The Imprisoned
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2017 | Formation
Why do we jail people for being poor? Why are they imprisoned? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their debt to the court, sometimes for things as minor as unpaid...
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women For the past few years, since I have been back at St. John’s, I have celebrated the 8:00 mass on Wednesdays. It is one of my ordinary responsibilities. Usually, I am joined by 25-30 regular members of the University...
Promise of Greatness, Blessing and Glory
by Ross Dizon | Mar 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the perfect, awesome and amazing fulfillment of the promise God has made through the patriarchs and the prophets. From the perspective of human wisdom, the good news is that God makes a hopeful promise to Abraham. But the bad news is that the Father of all...
God, You are my Strength and my Song – Walk in Faith
by Lynn L'Heureux | Mar 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
God, You are my Strength and my Song - Walk in Faith - Wrestling with Temptation - First Sunday of Lent Day 5- Matthew 4:1-11 Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast God, You are my Strength and my Song You are the reason for my joy. Fill me with your Holy Spirit; you are...