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A Vincentian View: Healing
by Pat Griffin, CM | November 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Right now, healing, hope, and life mix together in my head and heart. They rest firmly within the Gospel message, and find application in our Vincentian charism.
A Dangerous Reading of the Good Samaritan
by John Freund, CM | November 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
A recent voter reflects on one of the most dangerous passages of the New Testament. – the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Ability to Hasten the Coming of the Lord
by Ross Dizon | November 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: Common Sense Or Indiscreet Zeal
by John Freund, CM | November 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Can I recognize when I used common sense and when I was indiscreet?
To Believe, Teach, and Practice: Forty Years a Priest, and Counting!
by John T. Maher, CM | Oct 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. John T. Maher, C.M. reflects on his vocation as a Vincentian priest.
The Pope Video • Missionary Disciples
by .famvin | Oct 2, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Disciples.
Collaboration is… to look forward always
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 28, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
We have just finished our yearly celebration of Jesus Christ’s victory over death and sin. The Easter Triduum is the center of the liturgical life of the Church and the vital core where believers find the be-all and end-all of their existence. Because God the Father...
Do we betray others?
by Lynn L'Heureux | Mar 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Do we Betray Others? - Do People Care? - Vincentians, Friends of Jesus – Vincentian Spirituality Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday, March 22 Do we Betray Others? – This has been on my mind since Palm Sunday when I watched The Passion, a musical performed...
Association Louise de Marillac – Connect and Learn
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 28, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The “Association Louise de Marillac” belongs to the larger “Vincentian Family” and is totally dedicated to the cause of elderly abandoned people. Its members are lay volunteers who devote some of their time to look after these old people, under the supervision of the...
An Easter Reflection
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 27, 2016 | Formation
A video about our faith in the resurrection, from a Vincentian point of view.
Fool’s Pardon: A Meditation – Part II
by Michael Whalen, CM | Mar 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Fool’s Pardon: A Meditation in Two Parts on Mercy as Sheer Gift of Accepting and Offering (Inter)Personal Forgiveness II In the previous meditation (Part I) we explored a type of theoria regarding the nature and characteristics of forgiveness. Before moving forward...
When We Go… to the Poor #IamVincent @StJohnsU
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
When we go to visit the poor we should so identify with them that we share their sufferings. We should have the same attitude as the great apostle who said omnibus omnia factus sum, I make myself all to all, so completely that the words of the prophet would not apply...
The Cross: All About Giving
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View “The Cross: All about Giving” In Christian circles, this past Sunday, March 20, is most often called “Palm Sunday” but also “Passion Sunday” since one proclaims the story of Jesus’ suffering and death. Now, the cross begins to move towards center...
Faith working through love
by Ross Dizon | Mar 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wants us to have a faith that is firm as a rock and immense as the sea. This faith, made alive by love, prompts Mary of Magdala to go to Jesus’ tomb at the first opportunity. Due to the same faith, this female disciple stays outside the tomb weeping, after...
Vincentian vision on poverty
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is an Association maintained by its Faith and Catholic beliefs, but in which it is also essential, in order to preserve its identity and mission, its spirituality to be centered and geared towards people in poverty and social risk....