Reflections

A Vincentian View: Embracing the Truth

by Pat Griffin, CM | August 31, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

This past weekend contained the “moving-in” days at St. John’s.

Are You Looking Up… or Around You?

by John Freund, CM | August 31, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

A late 19th-century artist, James Tissot, graphically posed a question for us today. In his depiction of the Ascension, he asks, “Why do you stand looking up into heaven? (Act 1:11)

Followers of Jesus, Thinking, Wise

by Ross Dizon | August 30, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Jesus embodies what he teaches on being thoughtful and purposeful. He asks all his followers to be so, and thus the success of the cross will be theirs. Great crowds go with Jesus on the way to Jerusalem (see Lk 9, 51; 13, 22). He turns and tells them that to be his...

Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 13

by Famvin Media Resources | August 30, 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.

Visions of a Better Future of Glory

by Ross Dizon | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he was a servant and obeyed to death on the...

‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole

by Lisa Lickona | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.

Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 18

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.

Pentecost 2020 and our Vincentian Family

by Joe Agostino, CM | May 30, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Fr. Joe Agostino, international coordinator of the Vincentian Family Office, posted a video with an interesting reflection on this Pentecost.

We Are God’s Story… and God’s Story-tellers

by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

We are God’s Story… and God’s Storytellers

Crash Course In Homelessness In 400 Words

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | May 28, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

Take the time to read the next 400 words to gain a broader perspective on the seemingly intractable issue of homelessness.

A Vincentian View: Listening with the Spirit

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Pentecost holds high the Holy Spirit for our attention and devotion.

A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor

by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change

The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)

Flame of Blazing and Renewing Fire

by Ross Dizon | May 26, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is Lord! But we can say this only by the Holy Spirit. And only his flame can renew the face of the earth. The Holy Spirit comes with the strength of a driving wind that fills the whole house where the disciples are. And a tongue of fire or flame rests on each of...