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by John Freund, CM | March 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Listening is more than waiting for a chance to respond or rebut the other.
by Tim Williams | March 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
by Ross Dizon | March 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by Samantha Hill | March 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
by Tim Williams | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Many of our Conferences struggle with finding – and keeping – new...
by Ross Dizon | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us the greatest proof of love one can give. For he deigns to hand over his body and shed his blood out of...
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation
Vincent was ordained at Château-l’Évêque in September 1600.
by Lisa Lickona, STL | Oct 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Elizabeth Ann Seton and Frederic Ozanam grounded their lives in the true freedom of Christ, who took what appeared on the outside to be lives of tragic brevity, and brought forth from them great works of charity that continue to flourish today.
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 14, 2023 | Formation
Frederic did not need modern audiovisual media (now apparently essential) to learn languages. He, at age 17, already knew Latin, Greek, began studying Sanskrit and Hebrew — to be able to translate from the original sources —, and studied German and Italian. By the...
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Oct 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"God’s commandment to love Him with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, etc., doesn’t mean that He wants the heart and soul always to have a tangible experience of this love. That’s a grace His Goodness imparts to whomsoever He pleases. But...
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 13, 2023 | Formation
Based on a portion of the article “Love is Creative Even to Infinity: On the Eucharist in the Vincentian Tradition,” by Fr. Robert Maloney, CM, that appeared in the publication Vincentiana.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking. That has probably always been true. But it certainly feels truer now in our polarized lives.
by Rachel Moccia | Oct 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
While many in the U.S. think of August as the last breath of summer, a time to squeeze in a last bit of relaxation before the rush of the fall begins, the Daughters of Charity were doing anything but relaxing this past August.
by MaryAnn Dantuono, AIC | Oct 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
There has been remarkable activity at the UN this fall.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Oct 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
It requires little effort to multiply the reminders that this is God’s world and given to us as a gift and a responsibility.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Many generations of mothers have cajoled their children with “Try it. You’ll like it!” (It seems they all went to the same “Mommy” school.)