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.
Reflections
Laborers of the Lord of the Harvest
by Ross Dizon | June 28, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 4
by Famvin Media Resources | June 28, 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.
Saint John the Baptist, Mother Seton, and the Meaning of Birthdays
by Tom Hoopes | June 24, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
June 24 is the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, coming exactly half a year from Christmas. Everyone loves a birthday, but St. Elizabeth Ann Seton intuitively saw something the Catholic Church also uniquely sees: birthdays have a deep and powerful meaning.
Don’t You Understand?
by John Freund, CM | June 24, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I never gave much thought to what is involved when I hear or ask the question, “Don’t you understand?”
A Vincentian View: Look Inside and Outside
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
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.
Tell me who your friends are…
by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
“Tell me your friends, and I will tell you who you are.” These words are but echoes of words spoken over 400 years before Christ.
Diaries of a Vincentian: Rocco
by Ewan Day-Collins | Apr 26, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
I knew him as Rocco, his nickname. Every week, we’d chat. His ‘patch’ was outside Sainsbury’s, the main supermarket in Cambridge.
A Time to Encounter Jesus Present in Scripture
by Augustine Elayanikkattu Abraham Siby CM | Apr 24, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
It is a time for us to receive the incarnated Word in the Word that is presented to us in the Scriptures.
Mouse Traps – When Did We See You Hungry?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 24, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
The Parable of the Mouse Trap shows us our unknown connections
St. Vincent de Paul’s Inner “Doubting Thomas”
by John Freund, CM | Apr 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
I thought I knew the meaning of the story of “doubting Thomas.” That is until I read ‘Like Thomas, I Don’t Always Believe’ by Ryan Henderson Espinoza.
Medical People – Serving In Encampments and On the Street
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 23, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
One question leads to another! Last week I reflected on what is involved in choosing to go to a shelter in this time of Pandemic. Since then I found myself asking, not whether I would go to shelter, but what would happen if I got sick on the street or in an...
Our Children and COVID-19
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Apr 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
According to UNICEF, children may be the hidden victims of COVID-19 as health systems buckle, borders close, and schools and businesses shutter.
Recounting The Good News (Lk 24:13-35)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
While not as central to faith as The Lord’s “doing this in remembrance of Me,” the recollecting we Vincentians do has its own way of bringing past graces into the now.
The Acts of the Apostles Are About Us – Today
by John Freund, CM | Apr 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
We can read the Acts of the Apostles as interesting history detached from our lives. Or we can read them as stories about real people – people like ourselves, people facing the same issues we do today.
Remember Jesus, His Works and Words
by Ross Dizon | Apr 21, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God and the Son of Mary, has risen! We should remember him and also preach him as our Good News (2 Tim 2, 8). We Christians love Jesus Christ although we have not seen him. And even though we do not see him now yet we believe in him...