It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” and “Big Picture.”
Reflections
The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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.
A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
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 | Mar 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
In my active years of helping families, I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
From the Contemplation of God to the Love of God • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Jan 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
"To love God perfectly, to be swallowed up in the contemplation of His Divine Essence, His beauty, His goodness, His wisdom, and His other perfections. That’s the occupation of the saints with respect to Our Lord, who remembers the love He had to save them"...
The Pope Video • For the gift of diversity in the Church
by .famvin | Jan 20, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the gift of diversity in the Church
Your Favorite Image of God
by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Every family has favorites. Actually, there may be many favorites in a family depending on who you ask and their level of honesty.
A Vincentian View: Dreaming
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” on August 28,1963 was scheduled to include a 3-hour program of speeches and performances by various civil rights leaders.
How Big Is Your Dream?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“Will that be … small, regular, or super-sized?”
Take Seriously the Good News of God
by Ross Dizon | Jan 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Good News of God in person. To take seriously this Good News means to have, for sure, life, bliss, salvation. There are those, of course, who do not take seriously Jesus’ proclamation that the kingdom of God has come. They say that if it were true, things...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 39
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Firewood for the Soul: The Experience of the Wilderness
by Samantha Hill | Jan 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Do it for God (Do it for Love) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Jan 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
"One means of doing [your service] as God wills is to do it in charity—in charity, Sisters. How excellent that will make your service! But do you know what it means to do it in charity? It’s to do it in God, for God is charity, and it’s to do it purely for God; it’s...