Reflections
Homily: Making ourselves “radically available” to others (Video)
by Famvin Media Resources | June 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
An interesting homily by Bishop Donald J. Hying, the former National Episcopal Advisor to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA.
What Rich Man will be Saved? • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | June 15, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
My Father taught me about “Our Father”
by John Freund, CM | June 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
At some level, I assumed all fathers were like my father. I have always loved and admired my father. Using the image of a loving father helped me understand God’s love.
The Power For Oneness (1 Cor 12: 12-13)
by Tom McKenna, CM | June 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 4 Comments
The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”
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To Comply with the Precepts or to Be Truly Christian • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
It is easier to use an uplifting language, to fulfill certain positive precepts, to reject certain pleasures, than to...
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Part 2: Episcopal Message Resurfaces
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Highlights from Part 2 of a truly prophetic forgotten document published by the U.S. Catholic Bishops more than a quarter-century ago.
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Contemplation: The Challenge of Modern Times
by Tim Williams | Jun 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Blessed Frédéric and his friends founded the Society in 1833 in answer to...
Contemplation: Seeking His Will Together – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Apr 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org “Life,” the old saying goes, “is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” There is a deeper truth captured in this witticism, one that St. Vincent often repeated. It is not that we should make no plans and...
Read the Signs of Jesus in Our Midst
by Ross Dizon | Apr 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. To believe in him means to know how to read, to grasp, his many signs in our midst. We read, as we come to the end of today’s gospel, “Jesus did many other signs.” So then, we can take it that his rising from the dead is one of...
The Two Crosses
by Salvatrice Murphy, DC | Apr 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
On the day I became a sister there was an Incorporation Ceremony before friends, family, and a whole host of Daughters of Charity. I wore my full habit for the first time, and during Mass I had placed around my neck a cross marked with SV (for St. Vincent); it is the...
MISEVI Extraordinary Assembly: An Easter Reflection
by Mary Frances Jaster | Apr 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Resurrection! What a beautiful aspect of our Church, that every year, we reflect on Jesus’ resurrection and have the opportunity to recognize our own daily resurrections.
Firewood for the Soul: Persistence
by Samantha Hill | Apr 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Lenten Examination of Conscience for Vincentians – Week 7
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Each Friday of Lent we shared a different guide to help examine your conscience based on different aspects of our lives as members of the Vincentian Family.
A Vincentian View: The Company of Strangers
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Some years ago, I read a piece that discussed how much the modern world depends upon the work of strangers for its survival and wellbeing.
Anyone Listening?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Listening is more than waiting for a chance to respond or rebut the other.
Contemplation: Old and Ever New – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Mar 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org With the rapid growth of the Society within its first two years, there arose a debate as to whether the first Conference, now grown quite large, ought to split in two. “Do you not think that our charitable society itself...