A reflection offered by Fr. Hugh O’Donnell, CM, on the Incarnate Word.
Formation
A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd
by Pat Griffin, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
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
Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
by Jim Claffey | Sep 9, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
The Word (Deut 4: 1-8; Jas 1:17-27)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Sep 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
I remember a heated conversation between a man who was promising something to a woman, and the woman to whom the promise was being made. It ended with her exasperated response, “Those are just words.”
Master and Teacher thrice holy
by Ross Dizon | Feb 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is our Teacher and Master, which also means we must learn to do everything that he commands and teaches by words and works, and to proclaim his Gospel. Setting aside his experience and knowledge as a fisherman, Simon believes in the words of the carpenter from...
Lenten letter – stories of fasting and prayer
by John Freund, CM | Feb 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
In Father Gregory Gay's last Lenten Letter as Superior General he uses stories to help us reflect on Lent as a time of fasting and prayer. For both themes he tells a story from his personal journey, a Jesus story and invites us to write a new story, our story. Lent:...
Collaboration is… taking up as my own common challenges
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 1, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
We Vincentians are part of a wonderful spiritual family. We drink from the springs of the purest evangelical love, with charity being at the center of our spirituality and our action. This year 2016, we celebrate the Year of Vincentian Collaboration, an event that...
Holiness Sets Us Free
by Lynn L'Heureux | Feb 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
This week Lynn L’Heureux reflects on the following: Holiness Sets Us Free - Why do I say “Blessings”? - Walk with God - Beacon of Light Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday February 2, 2016 Dear Vincentian Family: Pray for each other and pray for peace. ...
February 1: Feast of the Martyrs of Angers
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 31, 2016 | Formation
Reflect on the lives of two Daughters of Charity, martyred during the French Revolution: Sister Marie Ann Vaillot and Sister Odile Baumgarten.
Honoring our Prophets
by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Father Pat Griffin concludes his series, Considering Consecrated Life, with a final post dedicated to Honoring our Prophets. This week, we come to the end of the Year of Consecrated Life, but its blessings continue. Along that line, the scripture readings from this...
A World of Merciful Vincentians
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 31, 2016 | Announcements, Formation, News, Social
[Jan. 25, 2016] As I write to you, I am happy to announce that famvin.org/en has a new editor! Working now along side Fr. John Freund, Elizabeth Astridge -- a Vincentian Lay Missionary of the United States -- will be helping to shape the future of .famvin. She will be...
Formation: Learning to See God’s Presence
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Formation:” Learning to See God’s Presence (Mk. 3:7-12) One way of looking at this story of healing in Mark is to see it as a case of the wrong people discerning the right things. On the one hand, you’ve got these hoards of people following Jesus, and in so dense...
Vincent was not always a Saint
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent was not always a saint. What were the key formative events? Eamonn Flanagan, CM, from the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission, offered these reflections originally published in 1982 in "Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation...