This Christmastime has had a special character for me. Watching each of my nieces with her child has been an education.
Reflections
Are Interruptions the story of your life?
by John Freund, CM | September 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Have you ever thought of interruptions as being the story of Jesus life? Let’s explore Jesus’ interruptions and what they can teach us.
Welcome Home Project Provides Safe Housing for Displaced Families
by Sisters Francelly Perez and Julie Cutter, DCs | September 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
At the end of 2018, The Vincentian Family started to work on the Welcome Home Project to provide safe housing for 32 displaced families in Parramos, Chimaltenango.
A Vincentian View: Lessons from Ozanam
by Pat Griffin, CM | September 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Labor Day, the beginning of the academic year, and the liturgical calendar (September 8) merge in drawing Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam to my mind at the beginning of September.
Remember Where You Were on 9/11?
by John Freund, CM | September 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I don’t think I will ever forget the morning of 9/11/2001. The phone rang. A close friend could barely say “Turn on television… the World Trade Center…” She could not finish the sentence!
Homage to the King of the Jews and of All Nations
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Prince of peace and sovereignty rests on his shoulders. We get to him, so we may do him homage, by the...
Pope Francis – Mothers Keep Things Together!
by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“The scandal of the manger” – A New Year’s “mindwalk” using the words of Pope Francis.
Lenten Video Series, Day 4: Called to Give
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
When fully practicing our faith, there are no half-measures. Phil Tran explains that we can only truly understand joy through sacrifice and unity with Christ.
Lenten Video Series, Day 3: A New Foundation
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For Kasey Brown, the concept of “giving something up” for Lent went from being a casual observation of tradition to a life-changing spiritual rebirth that strengthened the foundation of her love for God.
Please Don’t Feed the Trolls
by John Freund, CM | Mar 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
In the language of the internet, a troll is a person who makes inflammatory, insincere, or otherwise off-topic comments in a social setting.
Lenten Video Series, Day 2: Going Deeper
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
As a Mission Youth Apostle, Joe Coffey found that his desire to go deeper into his faith was hitting continual road blocks of fear and uncertainty.
A Canadian View: What About Black History?
by Jim Paddon | Mar 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
You must look at yourself and any conscious or unconscious biases you may have. You must speak out when you hear others act or comment about someone.
Lenten Video Series, Day 1: To Make Holy
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Sacrifice, at its root, means “To Make Holy.” Father Aidan Rooney, C.M. joins us at The Miraculous Medal Shrine to open up our 2022 Lenten Series: The Joy of Sacrifice.
A Vincentian View: Be Kind
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Sometimes when I read the Scriptures, a word pops out for me in a way that it has not done before.
Lenten Letter 2022 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family
by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Rome, Lent 2022 To all the members of the Vincentian Family MYSTICS OF CHARITY FOR THE XXI CENTURY AND BEYOND My dear brothers and sisters, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! After six years, my term is coming to an end. With this Lenten letter, I...
Lent – Call to Change Our Way of Thinking
by John Freund, CM | Mar 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
On Ash Wednesday we were basically told two things