Formation
Nationalism, Racism, Exclusivism
by Ross Dizon | January 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Vincentian Prayer Images: God’s Language
by John Freund, CM | January 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
God speaks to us in the lives of people we meet!
The Bible Was St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Close Companion
by Famvin Media Resources | January 3, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
Through the research of Sister Joan E. Cook, SC we can acknowledge and better appreciate St. Elizabeth Seton’s great devotion to the Bible.
Living Into Collaboration – A Vincentian Laudato Si’ Point of View, Part 1
by Carol De Angelo, SC | January 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
My reflections come from many years of working in collaboration but as I write this it is with two non-Vincentian groups, with whom we Sisters of Charity of New York currently collaborate that are uppermost in my mind. Part 1
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Keep Jesus Christ in Our Hearts
by Ross Dizon | Dec 25, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Son of God and the Brother of all men and women. To belong to his family means to keep in the heart his...
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Christmas With Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 24, 2021 | Formation
An examination of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Collected Writings reveals many stories of Christmas, often marked by sorrow, illness, and death… but with ever-present threads of joy and hope.
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Have We Outgrown Nativity Scenes?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
A good number of readers have either witnessed or were participants as children in appropriate costumes and props re-enacted the Nativity scene.
Glory and new life through love
by Ross Dizon | Apr 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus reveals to us the way of love that leads to glory and the new life. Judas leaves to carry out fully his betrayal. It is night, which does not mean that the light no longer shines in the darkness. Divine glory still shines brightly. Jesus speaks of it to his...
Vincentian Special Bond
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Special Bond – Vincentians Moving Forward - Vincentian Spiritual Growth - God Speaks to Us Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Vincentian Special Bond – Vincentians are blessings in our troubled world where it seems not many people...
Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carità)
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di Rosa (1813-1855, canonized in 1954) for care of the sick, lepers, and elderly. Saint Vincent is considered one of their patrons. Initially the...
Life and Legacy of John Timon, C.M., First Bishop of Buffalo, New York
by .famvin | Apr 17, 2016 | Formation
April 16 marked the anniversary of the death of Bishop John Timon, C.M., first bishop of Buffalo, New York and first provincial superior of the American province of the Congregation of the Mission. Throughout the 400-year history of the Vincentian Family, we find so...
Justice and Mercy on the Way to Love
by Michael Whalen, CM | Apr 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In the previous meditation, we embarked on an exploration of the somewhat tense if not actually tortured relationship between mercy and justice. We also highlighted the various “station stops” we would make along the way. This first such “station stop” simply seeks...
Vincentians of Wherever: Mortification from another perspective
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Success is a seductive thing. An old friend, Christina Puntel, (Vincentian by baptism at a Vincentian parish in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, USA), wrote recently suggesting an article to me. Like Vincent, she is simple in life and in speech. She said, this...
Religious Life in the Future: What Might It Look Like
by Elizabeth Astridge | Apr 16, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Part of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth and Colorado Vincentian Volunteer Alum, Sister Jen Gordon prepared a fantastic talk for the 2012 gathering of Women Religious called 'Living on the Edge.' Treat yourself to her insightful perspective... Sister...
There will always be more – Vincent dePaul and Oskar Schindler
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Continuing the series "Vincent’s Life Lessons" based on J. Patrick Murphy’s Mr. Vincent we read: Vincent lived 80 years and died worried that he did not do enough. Life expectancy in Vincent's time was 35-37 years. Lesson: You may get more time and opportunity to do...
Doing good behind the scenes
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Dave Barringer, CEO of the Vincent dePaul Society USA, articulates something that many in the Vincentian Family can relate to: Doing good behind the scenes. And then seeing people finally catch on to an issue...even if they don't recognize all the spade work that went...