Reflections
Lessons From My Christmas Conversion
by Heather King | January 8, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We used to celebrate Christmas for forty days, a period symbolizing conversion. Mother Seton’s own life-changing Christmas experience prompts us to ask ourselves—did we open our hearts to the Christ child this year? Or did we lock the door of the inn?
Is Christmas Over?
by John Freund, CM | January 6, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In this Vincentian Mindwalk, I am asking whether Christmas is the celebration of a moment in the past or something that takes place in your life every day?
A Canadian View: A Happy Re-New Year!
by Jim Paddon | January 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
As I sat with my wife on New Year’s Eve and watched the Big Apple drop in New York, it was, as always, great to see so much joy, love, reflection and hope for what this new year of 2023 may bring us.
A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside
by Pat Griffin, CM | January 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The flow of our celebrations in these weeks invite us to a place in the middle. Two feasts attract our attention and border out reflections.
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Remember Saying, “Are We There Yet”?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Even those of us in advanced age remember the excitement and impatience. Four words – “Are we there yet” – captured our anticipation, excitement, and impatience.
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A Canadian View: A Spiritual Evolution
by Jim Paddon | Jun 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
When us older (and hopefully wiser) Vincentians look back on what this world has achieved in our lifetimes it is truly amazing.
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Testimonies from the Latin American Missionary Encounter
by Karla Escobar | Jun 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Marian Youth
The Missionary Encounter for the American Continent (EMLA), organized by the Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY), took place in Honduras from January 13 to 28, 2023.
Vincentian Prayer Images: God’s Language
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
God speaks to us in the lives of people we meet!
Living Into Collaboration – A Vincentian Laudato Si’ Point of View, Part 1
by Carol De Angelo, SC | Jan 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
My reflections come from many years of working in collaboration but as I write this it is with two non-Vincentian groups, with whom we Sisters of Charity of New York currently collaborate that are uppermost in my mind. Part 1
New Podcast on Elizabeth Ann Seton: “Friends and Followers”
by Carolyn Shields | Jan 2, 2021 | Formation, News, Reflections
The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton has released a new podcast titled “Friends and Followers” which explores Elizabeth Ann Seton’s life through the eyes of those who were most intimately and profoundly inspired by her.
Nations, All Nations, Will Worship the Lord
by Ross Dizon | Jan 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the light of the nations. That is why to follow him means to welcome Gentiles from all races, tongues, peoples and nations. Ps 149, 6 asks that praise be on the lips of the faithful. And swords in their hands to take revenge on the nations. Is it due to...
The Pay It Forward Plan for Peace
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus’ mission was all abou teaching us to pay it forward. After all, God has first loved us and wants us to share that gift in our lives! Isn’t this what Jesus did? And it changed and is changing the world!
Lessons Learned From Homeless People
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Dec 31, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
“Any public health response that does not center the voices of people who have lived the experience of homelessness is going to come up with the wrong solution.”
Nativity Power
by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 30, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
The Christmas gospel from St. Luke starts out on a theme of power, the political power of an absolute ruler, Caesar Augustus.
What Size is Your Dream?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Let us not settle only for what is necessary. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons or to remain parked on the roadside of life. He wants us to race boldly and joyfully towards lofty goals.
Faces of God, of Jesus, of Those in Need
by Ross Dizon | Dec 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the blessing that God pours out on us through the Holy Spirit. His face shines on us, so that our faces may mirror his. The faces of Mary and Joseph gleam since on them shines the face of Jesus. He is the great eternal high priest (Heb 2, 17; 4, 14;...