Formation

How Long Until Christmas?

by John Freund, CM | December 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I suspect many of our parents remember how often we asked the question. “How how long until Christmas”? I remember I could hardly wait for the gifts!

Advent from a Vincentian Perspective, Part 4: Mary: Model of Service and Surrender in Advent

by .famvin | December 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

At the heart of this season, we find the figure of Mary, whose journey of faith and surrender to God’s plan serves as a powerful model for our own spiritual lives.

Mutual Correctives (Psalm 85)

by Tom McKenna, CM | December 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

A helpful distinction I once heard — that between contradictions and correlations.

Who are your Friends?

by John Freund, CM | December 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“Tell me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” These words are but echoes of words spoken over 400 years before Christ.

Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History V

by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Vincent de Paul would suffer all his life from the obsession to put the entire Church at the service of the poor.

Communal Spirit

by Monica Villar, MISEVI International | Nov 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

What is the goal of a Vincentian? To meet God in the service of those who need it most. But being a Vincentian is a community vocation.

A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Discernment, Part 3

by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 31, 2021 | Formation

Fr. Rooney’s teacher, Sr. Loretto Gettemeier, D.C., told him, “Events are revelations of the Will of God and contribute to the unfolding of God’s Plan. Look at what is occurring…”

Busted Halo on the Eucharist

by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Sacraments 201 Eucharist. BustedHalo.com's introduction to the Sacraments series continues as Fr. Steven Bell, CSP, answers more questions about what Catholics believe about the Eucharist and receiving Communion: How does the bread and wine become the body and blood...

D-Day – Perspectives from the Vincentian Tradition

by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2014 | Formation

On this 70th anniversary of D-Day it seems fitting to repost an earlier offering from the series Saturday Study Hall - "Vincent and Peace Today" Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, Palestine - our eyes glaze over... or shut in horror. We long for peace but it seems to many to be...

Expiration means end?

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jun 4, 2014 | Formation, Reflections

Pentecost Sunday (A), June 8, 2014 – Acts 2, 1-11; 1 Cor 3b-7. 12-13; Jn 20, 19-23 To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Cor 12, 7) Jesus breathes his Spirit on his disciples so that they may live in communion with one...