Each Friday of Lent we will share a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.
Formation
To Vincentians Throughout the World This Lent
This Lenten presentation is from a letter by former Superior General Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M.
A Parable of the Bike
The author’s reflections did not refer to pleasant bike rides in the safety of a park. He speaks of the hostility and risks faced by bike riders on busy city streets or highways.
Called to Continue the Mission of Jesus
In the gospel of Luke, we have the great mission statement of Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to let the...
Turn the Medal • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
"I must not judge a poor peasant man or woman by their appearance or their apparent intelligence, especially since very often they scarcely have the expression or the mind of rational persons, so crude and vulgar they are. But turn the medal, and you will see by the...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal and the flag of the European Union
In 1949, a design competition for a common flag was convened in Strasbourg. Many sketches, 101 in total, were presented, and Arsene Heitz's design, a little-known local painter, was the winner. In 1989, Heitz, already an elderly person, revealed that his design was...
Treasured Friendships in the Life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth’s friendships energized her and helped to make her the person she was.
When Did Christians Become Soldiers?
I must admit. During most of my 80-plus years I took it for granted that Christians served in the military. I was awed by the supreme sacrifice made. I still am!
There’s No Place I’d Rather Be
Fr. Milton Ryan, C.M., has served as Pastor at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas since 2018 and notes with almost a sense of wonder that his faith journey and his path to the priesthood started in that very place more than 40 years ago.
A Vincentian View: A Covenant
During the past month, I have celebrated three weddings… In preparation for the celebrations, one word kept emerging for me from the texts—“covenant.”
How Have You Changed?
The question “How have you changed” is more complicated than you might realize! Before you answer, listen to this story.
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
Jesus, God-with-us, is the first of the brothers and sisters who rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. There is a report that fewer folks in the U.S. believe in God and, one can guess, in God-with-us. For the number of believers in the U.S. is...
