Formation
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent IV
by John Freund, CM | April 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Saint Paul tells you how much you lose when the first thoughts of your mind are filled with anything other than God.”
Creating a Space of Retreat At Home
by Jordan Bouchard | April 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
As we find ourselves continuing to practice physical distancing, it has called us to be creative in how we can go on ‘retreat’ and connect with faith-filled communities.
Lenten Video Series: Days 37 through Easter Sunday
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Days 37 through Easter Sunday.
A Vincentian View: Joseph and Psalm 1
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Do you want to hear Joseph pray? You might begin with Psalm 1.
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Uniting Action And Contemplation: the Way of Vincent
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 21, 2022 | Formation
Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. offers a few reflections on Vincent’s capacity to unite action and contemplation.
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A Vincentian Minute: Virtue from the inside out– Gentleness
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 20, 2022 | Formation
In this third of our five-part series, Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. invites us to examine how we become at peace with ourselves. This week: Do I cultivate a gentle spirit?
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Lenten Video Series, Day 16: Above and Beyond
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 19, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Reverend Carlo Santa Teresa encourages us to go above and beyond what we feel we are capable of.
The End of My Rope • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 12, 2016 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation, Reflections
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Two weeks ago, we...
What Does It Mean To Be Truly Connected In This Day and Age?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 12, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
We were made to be in relationship with one another. … Framing our connection in such a way draws us not only into the hearts of one another, but ultimately it leads us into the heart of God.
Louise de Marillac: Virgin Mary Cares of this World
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Nov 11, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“I gaze upon you today, most pure Virgin Mother of Grace, since it was you who not only provided the matter for the formation of the sacred body of your Son, at a time when you were not as yet actually a mother, but by bringing Him into the world, you have become both...
Nov. 11, 1858: First Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 11, 2016 | Formation
Mother Xavier Ross was the Foundress and First Mother of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas. She was part of a band of sisters in Nashville, Tennessee who had originally separated from the Mother House in Nazareth, Kentucky. Mother Xavier and her Sisters...
From Value to Virtue: Simplicity
by Santiago Azcarate, CM | Nov 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
To say #IamVincent means to live a life of virtue. Actually, it means to live a life of five essential virtues. The first is Simplicity: the virtue of transparency. In listing the virtues that Vincentians have to cultivate in order to follow Vincent de Paul and in...
Taking a Chance on Someone: #IamVincent @SJUMission
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 10, 2016 | Formation, News
To "take a chance" on someone is profoundly Vincentian. Vincent and Louise did it when they said yes to Marguerite Naseau. Vincentian institutions need to focus on the possibilities within each human person. To do this is to say #IamVincent, and allow the person to...
The History of Salvation in a Medal • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
by Kelvin Maldonado | Nov 10, 2016 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation, Reflections
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Last week, we invited...
Lost and Found
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 9, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Lost and Found (Luke 19:1-10; Wisdom 11) Throughout Luke’s gospel, Jesus tells a good number of “lost and found” parables and incidents. There’s the lost and found coin, the lost-found pearl and earlier on the lost-found tax collector, Levi. And last Sunday we come...
Eucharist and The Need for Change
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
Eucharist challenges us to recognize and confront the structures of sin. It prepares us for a mission to transform the world.