Reflections

Just Servants of the Holy Lord

by Ross Dizon | October 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Jesus is the image of the all-just God who alone is good. Before him and before God, no one is just. Last Sunday’s theme on prayer is back today. For Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. The two are in the temple to pray. And St. Luke lets us...

Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 20

by Famvin Media Resources | October 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.

Diaries of Vincentian: Perú

by Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance | October 16, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 1 Comment

In our case, it tells the story of a family – young parents and their two children- who, after living on the streets, now have a decent place to call home.

The Pope Video • For a Church Open to Everyone

by .famvin | October 15, 2022 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For a Church Open to Everyone.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

by Jim Paddon | Mar 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

I have been able to witness some amazing and positive changes in North America and the world over the past 60 years or so.

Lent: A Time for Spiritual Combat

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Mar 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

There is a famous story of a man who allowed thorns to grow in front of his house. The people who used to visit his...

Is God Tired of Waiting for Us Among the Poor?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

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.

The Focus of Prophecy and Pope Francis

by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

“I would like to invite you to go on a journey together… I am calling it a journey because it requires a shift, a change.” Pope Francis

Trap Is All It Is, There Is No Doubt

by Ross Dizon | Oct 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus probes the heart and searches the mind. That is why those who seek to catch him and set a trap for him fall into it themselves. The Pharisees and their followers are against the payment of taxes to Caesar. The Herodians, on the other hand, are for it. But it...

Vincentian Prayer Images: A Question for Vincent

by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

How would Vincent answer a question about feeling hopless or useless during this time of pandemic?

To Love Another Person is to See the Face of God (Part II)

by .famvin | Oct 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

The closing lines of the musical production of the Hugo’s Victors novel are quite powerful: to love another person is to see the face of God. (Part II)

Poverty is a Personality Defect

by Dee Mansi | Oct 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Are Vincentians doing enough to ensure there is the preferential option for the poor?

Diaries of a Vincentian: Our return from Kenya to Germany

by Sister Magdalena | Oct 11, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

At the end of March this year we were told, all of a sudden, that we – Sr. Lucia, Sr. Dorothea, Sr. Zeituni and I – had to leave Kenya as soon as possible.