Some words stay with you for a lifetime! Sometimes front and center. Other times, they sit just beneath the surface… like a quiet motor doing its job unnoticed.
Formation
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.
Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”
by John Freund, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
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 | April 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
A Vincentian View: A Cry in the Silence
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Of all the songs associated with the Christmas season, is there any more widely known or sung than “Silent Night”?
Why Am I a Vincentian Priest?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
I see… and read… many posts asking “Why I Am (Not) a Catholic.” I also hear of former Vocation Directors saying that this time must be a tough time for Vocation Directors.
Examination of Conscience In Light Of Catholic Social Teaching
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 2, 2023 | Formation
During our Lenten journey we examine, personally and as a community, ourselves and our actions.
Journey Through Lent With Saints Vincent and Louise (March 02)
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation
St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.
Lent 2023: Our Lady of Knock, With Father Richard Gibbons
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation
A video about the apparition of Our Lady of Knock, and a reflection on how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.
A Vincentian View: The Way of the Cross
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Have you ever considered that the stations of the cross (usually) encircle us when we gather in our place of worship?
A picture of polarization today?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Polarization is not new.
Journey Through Lent With Saints Vincent and Louise (March 01)
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation
St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.
Lent 2023: Our Lady of the Golden Heart, With Dr. Julie Burkey
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation
A video about the apparition of Our Lady of the Golden Heart, and how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.
Visions of a Better Future of Glory
by Ross Dizon | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he was a servant and obeyed to death on the cross. He makes our visions of glory come true. Peter does not like what Jesus says about his visions of what is to come. They seem terrible to...
‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole
by Lisa Lickona | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.