Formation
Young Adult Vincentians’ Lenten Reflection (video)
by Famvin Media Resources | March 21, 2021 | Formation | 1 Comment
Virtual programs offered by the St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Center in Philadelphia have enabled them to continue their mission during the pandemic.
Integral Ecology and Universal Solidarity
by Owen Smith | March 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
All is connected. This concept, examined at length in Laudato Si, is critically important to Catholics and all people who seek to address the crises gripping our world without abandoning our humanity.
Lenten Video Series: Day 28, Prayer Takes Time
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 20, 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. Day 28, Prayer Takes Time.
The Importance of Spiritual Advisors in Times of Pandemic
by .famvin | March 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Keeping the flame of the Vincentian charism burning has been a challenge during the pandemic.
March 11: Canonization of St. Louise de Marillac
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 11, 2022 | Formation
Louise’s canonization took place on March 11, 1934. We are fortunate that the Daughters of Charity Archives have...
Luke’s Gospel – Trees or Forest?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
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.
A Social Conscience: #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 13, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Vincentian has a deeply rooted social conscience that informs her actions. Vincent had that, too. Vincentian Father Greg Cooney writes: ...the call of conscience becomes a call to personal conversion, requiring a re-orientation of convictions and patterns of...
Vincent de Paul: From God’s gaze
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Oct 12, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
"I ask Our Lord to grant us the grace of considering those matters as they are in God and not as they appear apart from Him; otherwise we might deceive ourselves and act other than He wishes." (CCD VII, to Phillippe Le Vacher, December 6, 1658). "O my Savior and my...
Prayer and Management
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 12, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Prayer and Management (Luke 6:12-19) In this section of Luke, we find Jesus continuing a ministry that’s spreading out further into the society, and in the process selecting 12 people from the group around him to be his “apostles”, i.e., the sent-out ones. You might...
The difference a lens makes
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
"Seeing" calls for "judging." But judging presupposes a lens! “Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars!” This quote, variously attributed, seems to express that what one sees depends greatly upon one’s mental model and expectations. An...
Racial Bias in Media: The Case of Hurricane Matthew
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 11, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
As many have noted, it took a while for the news media, especially in the USA and Europe, to note the devastation of the recent Hurricane in the Caribbean, and especially its effect in Haiti. Conscious and unconscious bias are at work. Vincentians need to see this and...
Justice for the Poor and Defenseless
by Ross Dizon | Oct 11, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus guarantees absolutely that God will secure justice for his chosen ones who cry out to him with steadfast faith. We know from Jesus’ example and teaching that God’s chosen ones are the poor. Christ, the Anointed with the Spirit, makes clear that his mission is...
Notice the Invisible Christ – Where is God?
by Lynn L'Heureux | Oct 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Notice the Invisible Christ - Where is God? - Vincentians Have Confidence in God Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Notice the Invisible Christ “Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and...
Meditation On a Recent Home Visit
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 9, 2016 | Formation
Here are some questions to help you look back at a recent encounter with a neighbor and see more clearly where Christ was present in the joys or challenges.
God Who is Rich in Mercy
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Oct 9, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
The second encyclical of Pope John Paul II was Dives in Misericordia (The Mercy of God, November 30, 1980). In this encyclical he speaks elaborately on God’s mercy, as revealed in the Bible. This is a reflection in the light of this encyclical. The core of divine...