Formation
When You Turn the Miraculous Medal Over…
by Rev. Carl Pieber, CM, Sub-Director General, Miraculous Medal Association | November 7, 2020 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
The front of the medal already proclaims the omnipotent power of Mary…BUT TURN THE MEDAL OVER, and the power of all of Salvation is made present.
Encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’: Summary and Commentary (Part 2)
by René Stockman | November 7, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bro. René Stockman offers here a short summary of chapter 2 of the Encyclical Letter “Fratelli Tutti”, followed by a more personal reflection.
Vincentian Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War: Meaning For Our Own Era
by Famvin Media Resources | November 6, 2020 | Formation | 1 Comment
Honoring the Vincentian Family Blesseds martyred in the anti-clerical violence that took place during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Feast Day: Nov. 6
Elections and the Parable of the Blind Men
by John Freund, CM | November 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
I offer this post from ancient Indian tradition for your reflection.
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What Questions Get You Thinking?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Oprah Winfrey got me thinking with two questions.
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Hear, the Lord our God is Lord Alone
by Ross Dizon | Oct 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the one who created us, men and women, in his image, after his likeness. Rightly does he tell us,...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History IV
by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“To do this is to preach the Gospel by words and by works…”
60 Seconds – Sister Trinitas Hernandez
by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Featured Videos, Reflections
How do you know where God is calling you? Sister Trinitas Hernandez shares advice for discerners. She says "If you are not sure what God is calling you to... get to know lots of Sisters!" https://youtu.be/p95yf0lOAVY Get to know more than 20 of the Sisters....
Connect and Learn: Monastery of the Assumption (Monastero Uspenskij)
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 7, 2015 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
It was founded in 1957 in Rome, Italy, by Sister Catherine Morosoff, D.C., (b. 1910) under the direction of Pope Pius XII at the recommendation of Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Churches, in order to start a monastery...
A Child Among Us
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 6, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“A Child Among Us” Considering Consecrated Life My grandnephew Wes (Weston) was born on December 12th, 2014. Last year at Thanksgiving he was a big bump in the center of my niece-in-law, Lili. Thus, at Thanksgiving this year, he was not quite one year old, being two...
Vincentians and Holy Doors
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentians and Holy Doors! It can be fascinating to sit watching people pass through public doors. How many times will a person hold the door for someone following them? At times, it seems that in the hustle of life holding doors for others is becoming an abandoned...
Vincentians (Humans) of Colorado
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Dec 6, 2015 | News, Reflections
Did you ever think about how we know about St. Nicholas -- or any other saint for that matter? Someone told and re-told the story. Ok, Butler's "Lives of the Saints" isn't "Humans of New York," but the idea is similar. In every story we tell is the shaping of our...
Timely Voice of the Poor Webinars Available Online
by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2015 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Timely Voice of the Poor Webinars Available Online As astute Vincentians, we experience first-hand the way "our systems" can batter the already fragile poor and marginalized whose voices are muffled if not drowned out by the storms in which they find themselves, often...
Our Lady of Guadalupe – S. Janet Gildea
by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The December issue of E-voc, offers the following reflection on Our Lady of Guadalupe by S. Janet Gildea. DecemberE-voc2015 The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe comes at the midway point of Advent. So appropriate because the image that Mary left us on Juan Diego’s tilma...
Now I know why you had to do it
by John Freund, CM | Dec 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
The international site of the Daughters of Charity offers the following reflection on the incarnation ... Now I know why you had to do it Once upon a time, there was a man who considered Christmas an incomprehensible tale. He was a kind and tactful person, loving...
The Face of Christ – Sr. Jean Rhoads, DC
by John Freund, CM | Dec 2, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, News, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
A Vincentian priest once encouraged us Daughters of Charity not only to see the face of Christ in those who are poor, but to etch "the image of Jesus Christ onto her heart, her mind, and onto the retina of her eyes in order to recognize Him later in her work" (Father...