Is the Church like a closet where we wistfully keep things from the past, a dreary chamber filled only with us, our problems and our disappointments? Then it will be impossible to recognize God’s silent and unassuming presence.
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The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Saint Louise’s example shows us some common pitfalls to avoid
by Famvin Media Resources | April 26, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
We can learn something by looking at the various stumbling blocks that St. Louise may have encountered.
A Polarized Church both Then and Now
by John Freund, CM | April 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.
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.
Patient and Lowly as Jesus and Farmers
by Ross Dizon | Jun 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is meek and lowly of heart. He wants us to catch his meekness and lowliness. Needless to say, the meek and...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent XIII
by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Before dinner, make the examination of conscience… on the resolutions you took at meditation…”
Mini Retreat for Pentecost with St. Louise
by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Pray especially for the Daughters of Charity gathered in Assembly to elect a new Mother General. Mini Retreat for Pentecost with St. Louise
“Repair the world” Tikkun Olam for Vincentians
by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2015 | Formation
“Together in Christ, we Vincentians make a Difference.”
Bringing Vincent from the 17th to the 21st century
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2015 | Formation, News
Bringing Vincent from the 17th to the 21st century
Significant Vincentian Family members – St. Joan Antida
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Significant Vincentian Family members – St. Joan Antida
Breathing our first at last
by Ross Dizon | May 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Pentecost Sunday (B), May 24, 2015 – Acts 2, 1-11; 1 Cor 12, 3b-7. 12-13; Jn 20, 19-23 They were astounded (Acts 2, 7) We are given a share in the divine breath so that we may be created anew according to the full stature of Christ. God blew the breath of life into...
How many are in the Vincentian Family?
by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2015 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Lay Missionaries, Vincentian Marian Youth
What is your guess about how many are in the Vincentian Family? 10,000, 100,000? 1 million? 2 million?
Saving Hand of God – Close the Door of Darkness – Ascension of Our Lord – Seek the Holy Spirit
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Saving Hand of God – Close the Door of Darkness – Ascension of Our Lord – Seek the Holy Spirit
Gregory Gay, C.M. invites us to Year of Vincentian Collaboration
by Vincentian Family Office | May 18, 2015 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Live from St. Peter's Square in Rome Fr. Gregory Gay, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission invites members of the worldwide Vincentian Family to celebrate and participate in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration starting on May 24, 2015 (Pentecost)....
Historic Vincentian Family collaboration in support of Haiti
by Vincentian Family Office | May 18, 2015 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Historic Vincentian Family collaboration in support of Haiti.