Formation

A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)

by Tom McKenna, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Early in St. John’s gospel, we see Jesus resolutely striding into the outer courtyard of the Jerusalem Temple, a space bordering on what the Jewish people acknowledged to be God’s own Dwelling place.

“Real Families”

by John Freund, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In my active years of helping families, I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”

Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 23

by .famvin | March 20, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments

Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.

Contemplation: A Friend of a Friend – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by Tim Williams | March 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Have you ever had a friend with very different interests than your own? Maybe he was a big baseball fan, and you just didn’t follow that sport, or he had a great appreciation for art, but you couldn’t stand museums. How did...

Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”

by John Freund, CM | Apr 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.

Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by Tim Williams | Apr 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Virtue, our catechism teaches, is a “habitual and firm disposition to do...

Sap of Life, Strength and Fruitfulness

by Ross Dizon | Apr 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the true vine. He gives the branches that remain in him the sap that gives them life and strength and makes...

Revisiting – Are You an Original or a Photocopy?

by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Before we tackle that question … who framed that question?

St. Vincent de Paul: One of the great saints of history (Part 3)

by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation

Father José María Román, C.M. explains why Saint Vincent de Paul is to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church. (Part 3 of 3)

A Vincentian View: Be Vincentian, Be a Listener

by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Each year at St. John’s University we celebrate Founder’s Week from September 20-27.

Being Vincent de Paul (video)

by .famvin | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Have you ever wondered what it would take for you to be St. Vincent de Paul?

Have You Tried Praying the News?

by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Have you heard the expression “Pray with the bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other?”

St. Vincent de Paul: One of the great saints of history (Part 2)

by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation

"The originality of his version of Christianity is [a] reason that makes Saint Vincent de Paul one of the great saints in history." - José María Román, C.M. [slideshare...

Doubt the Quick “Yes” that We Say

by Ross Dizon | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the firstborn from among those who do what is true and come to the light, so that there is no doubt that their works are just. No doubt, we have to love in deed and truth. The second son in the parable says “yes,” but he does not do what the father asks. No...