In the back of my head, I have wondered why Jesus was baptized. After all, Jesus is the Son of God. He is sinless. There had to be something more.
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A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd
by Pat Griffin, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.
Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”
by John Freund, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.
Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | April 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Sap of Life, Strength and Fruitfulness
by Ross Dizon | April 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Traditions, Customs, and Habits
by Ross Dizon | Jan 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes all things new. Hence, he questions traditions and customs, most of all, those that veil his true face....
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XV
by John Freund, CM | Jan 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
While the rich have many persons to serve them, the poor have no servants but the Daughters of Charity.
Louise de Marillac: We are all Born with a Vocation
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Oct 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“I believe, Monsieur, that the return [of this young lady] will have greatly dampened the enthusiasm of any candidates wishing to join us. Great courage and steadfastness are essential in order to persevere here because we are bound only by obedience and are often...
Places of St. Vincent
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 28, 2016 | Formation
Fr. Bruce Krause, C.M. prepared these PowerPoint slides as a tour of special places in the life of St. Vincent de Paul. We thought it would be a great resource to share for the 400th Anniversary.
#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 Reflection and challenge: There are people all around us that hide their suffering: from poverty, from...
Unchain The Word Through Memory
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Unchaining The Word Through Memory One short sentence in Paul’s letter to Timothy (2 Tim 2: 10) caught my attention right off, “The word of God is not chained.” Paul himself is in chains, and it’s the contrast here that’s striking him. The Word of God is the opposite...
Going Beyond Rigged Cycles
by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
Preparing for #famvin400 on Mobile
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 25, 2016 | Announcements, Formation
Are you preparing? In a few short months the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism will be upon us. .famvin, vinFormation, We are Vincentians and the Vincentian Family Office are collaborating on bringing you reflections, formation experiences and multimedia...
Guest Asking for Justice and Love
by Ross Dizon | Oct 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
The Son of the most holy God becomes flesh and stays at our house as a guest who saves. He wants us to repent. Jesus teaches that it will be difficult for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God. The Pharisees, for their part, consider tax collectors sinners that...
Vincentians Look up to God – Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy
by Lynn L'Heureux | Oct 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentians Look up to God - Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy - What We Do, Affects Our Future - Vincentians are Called to Be Disciples Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Look up to God When we go on home visits, we bow down before God before we go...
Celebrating Our 400th Anniversary With Those We Serve
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 23, 2016 | Formation
The people we serve must wonder what makes us “tick”. While visiting with each person or family, take an extra few minutes to tell the story of St. Vincent and St. Louise and the Vincentian Family. Talk about the lives, beliefs and actions of the Saints.