Reflections

Alert to the Dangers the World Poses

by Ross Dizon | August 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the cry that seek to alert us of the risks that we run. For we live in a world that fosters individualism and hoarding. Not a few of Jesus’ teachings, the paradoxes in particular, raise eyebrows and puzzle. Through them, he holds those who hear him...

Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 9

by Famvin Media Resources | August 2, 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.

Distraction… or Insight?

by John Freund, CM | July 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

After communion, I admit to being distracted by watching the line of people coming up to receive the Body of Christ.

Your Tub Is Overflowing!

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | July 28, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments

“If you want to resolve street homelessness, you have to think about prevention: how do you turn off the tap?”

Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 16

by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

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

Vincentian Voices Network

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

I would like to invite Famvin members to consider joining this group through our Facebook page.

Lenten Letter 2023 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family

by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | Feb 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Rome, 13 February 2023 “Making our families and communities a foretaste of heaven” Dear members of the Vincentian...

Would You Live In a Homeless Shelter In a Pandemic?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 16, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

I have asked myself the question “What would I do if I were homeless today? What could I do?

A Vincentian View: A Night that Begins in Loneliness

by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

I think that I can point to a number of elements in the Gospel story of the passion and death of Jesus that suggest that feeling of loneliness.

Learning From God’s Model Of Changing History

by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

What can we learn about being chang agents from imitating God’s model of bringing about a change in our ways of thinking?

Community of Christian Believers

by Ross Dizon | Apr 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Christ is alive! And those who keep him in the center belong to his community. They have the breath of the Holy Spirit and are true to their mission. Peter and the other disciple saw, and the latter believed besides. Mary Magdalen also told the disciples, “I have seen...