Reflections
Raising Awareness of the Sin of Racism
by Sandy Figueroa | May 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In an attempt to raise awareness of the sin of racism, the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York have presented conferences, webinars, and other educational resources.
A Vincentian View: Acts of the Apostles
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
One of the great blessings of the Easter Season is the way in which the church directs our attention to the Acts of the Apostles in both the weekday and the Sunday readings.
Mayday! Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
Distinctive Mark of Christ’s Disciples
by Ross Dizon | May 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
God Is With Us | Week Four
by Emily Stimpson Chapman | Dec 21, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
An Advent Journey with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | A Five-Part Series. Week Four: God is With Us.
A Vincentian View: A Message for the Baptist
by Pat Griffin, CM | Dec 21, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Are you surprised when John sends some of his disciples to Jesus to ask him who he is?
How Many Languages Does Mary Speak?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
In a sense, I have never outgrown the “why” stage of childhood. Parents may realize it is all part of children trying to understand their world.
The Pope Video • Promotion of World Peace
by .famvin | Jan 4, 2020 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Promotion of World Peace.
Leaders of 100 Branches of the Vincentian Family Gather – Why?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Some 200 leaders of 100 Branches of the Vincentian Family Gather in Rome – Why?
Adding to the Scene (Lk 2:1-14)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Imaginatively placing resolutions and actions around the manger is a prayer exercise that can draw us closer into what is happening there.
What Are the Two Greatest Systemic Changes in Human History?
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
A quick quiz! What are the two greatest systemic changes in human history? (Here’s an important clue – They are interrelated!)
Diaries of a Vincentian: I Know
by Anja Bohnsack | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
He looked at me with tears in his eyes and without the need for any words they seemed to quietly, pleadingly ask me, ‘Why?’
Boundaries That Needs Opening
by Ross Dizon | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the salvation that God has prepared in the sight of all peoples. He opens boundaries: between God and human beings; between us and others. The Word has become flesh through the motherhood of Mary. And being thus uniquely God and man, Jesus becomes the one...
Vincentian Prayer Images: The Darkness That Keeps Us From Seeing Our Tables
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
There is a darkness in our own minds that keeps us from seeing who is missing at our tables.
The Commandment of Love
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Dec 30, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
As members of the Vincentian Family we need to savor the inexhaustible well-spring of virtue and the examples of holiness of our predecessors.
Strength of the Weak and Fearful
by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus himself is the proof that strength, becomes perfect in weakness. Christians, then, cannot but be weak, and so, strong (2 Cor 12, 9-10). Matthew, more than the other evangelists, speaks of the words of Scriptures reaching their fulfillment in Jesus. He portrays...