Reflections

Seeing Beyond the Facts On the Ground

by John Freund, CM | October 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Many of us wear glasses. Others may need glasses to read. But that’s not the seeing I am asking about. I am asking how many of us see beyond the facts in front of us.

Stand Up and Go! (2 Kings, 5:14-17; Lk 17:11-19)

by Tom McKenna, CM | October 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

For all of us who have been through the pandemic, we know first-hand how disease and sickness have a way of separating us, how they can isolate and cut us off from the rest of life.

Growing Up – a Movement Becoming Aware of Itself

by John Freund, CM | October 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Have you ever watched time-lapse photography of the amazing process of a flower blooming or a moth becoming a butterfly?

Thanks to God through Jesus Christ

by Ross Reyes Dizon | October 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus it is who teaches us by word and by deed to give to God the right thanks that we owe him for the gifts we freely receive. The Samaritan, who sees that he is free of leprosy and goes back to give Jesus thanks, breaks the mold. For he is a foreigner that Jews...

Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 1

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork depicting St. Vincent de Paul.

Vincent’s Constant Attention to the Presence of God

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Apr 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

St. Francis De Sales in his famous book, Introduction to the Devout Life, writes about “constant spiritual...

Could You Be Convicted of “Mercying?”

by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Over 50 years ago, a university student showed me a card. “If being a Christian were a capital offense, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”

Lenten Video Series: Day 35, Kindness

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Apr 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 35: Kindness.

Letter of Tomaž Mavrič to the Congregation of the Mission, on COVID-19 Pandemic

by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | Apr 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This pandemic has touched the lives, hearts, and minds of most of humanity. We are invited and called to see the present reality also through Jesus’s eyes and heart

Lenten Video Series: Day 34, Discipleship

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Apr 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 34: Discipleship.

The Pope Video • Liberation from Addictions

by .famvin | Apr 4, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Liberation from Addictions.

Lenten Video Series: Day 33, Tiny Voice

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Apr 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 33: Tiny Voice.

Lenten Video Series: Day 32, Special People

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Apr 2, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 32: Special People.

Sheltering In Place When You Don’t Have a Home?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 2, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

In this time of “sheltering in place” two health care workers share their concerns for people who have no place to shelter in.

Lenten Video Series: Day 31, Forgive Me

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Apr 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

This Lent, we offer to you the 2020 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 31: Forgive Me.

A Vincentian View: Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi

by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Did you have a chance to see Pope Francis’ “Urbi et Orbi” blessing on March 27? Faith and prayer held the center in this simple yet dramatic event.

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