Reflections

The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

I do not like and do not share in any way the rigorist doctrines of some Christians, who, without even realizing it, have clothed themselves in arrogance and false modesty; they are far from the true spirit of faith. The innocent joys of life were never forbidden....

A Polarized Church both Then and Now

by John Freund, CM | April 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.

A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd

by Pat Griffin, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.

Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”

by John Freund, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.

A Canadian View: Reflections

by Jim Paddon | Dec 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

One definition of the word reflection is “an image as seen in a mirror.” In addition, we often use this term to reflect on a prayer or other topical subject.

“Our Planet is Still in the Emergency Room“

by Sr. Michelle Loisel, DC | Dec 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish.” It is either a Climate Solidarity Pact – or a Collective Suicide Pact.”

Hope in the Darkness | Week One

by Emily Stimpson Chapman | Nov 30, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

An Advent Journey with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | A Five-Part Series. Week One: Hope in the Darkness.

Look at People as Jesus Looks at Them

by Ross Dizon | Mar 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus looks at people as the One who has sent him looks at them. If we look as he does, we shall have the light of life and do good works. Jesus and his followers do not look at the man blind from birth in the same way. On the one hand, the disciples take blindness as...

Vincentian Prayer Images: The Word Made Flesh in Our Lives

by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Does God’s word speak through our words and actions?

Lenten Video Series: Day 17, School Family

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 16, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 17: School Family.

Lenten Video Series: Day 16, God’s Mercy

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 16: God’s Mercy.

A Vincentian Reflection on “Querida Amazonia”

by Gustavo Alivino Silva, C.M | Mar 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

On February 12, 2020, we were blessed with the publication of Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida Amazonia.

Lenten Video Series: Day 15, Blessings

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 15: Blessings

Four Methods of Prayer for Vincentians

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Slide presentation based on the article “Mental Prayer: Yesterday and Today – Some Reflections on the Vincentian Tradition” by Father Robert P. Maloney, C.M.

A Kind of Modern Apparition of Mary

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

The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal unveiled a thoroughly revised website. It is a major step forward in using digital media to spread devotion to Mary.