Reflections

Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 7

by Famvin Media Resources | July 19, 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.

Episcopal Message Resurfaces (Part 2)

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Highlights from Part 2 of a truly prophetic forgotten document published by the U.S. Catholic Bishops more than a quarter-century ago.

The Miraculous Medal: A Sign of Light (Video)

by Famvin Media Resources | July 15, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Everything started on July 18, 1830 in the chapel at Rue du Bac of the Daughters of Charity, when Mary appeared to Sister Catherine Labouré for the first time.

Prophetic Episcopal Message Washes Up On Beach (Part 1)

by John Freund, CM | July 15, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

The story echos one that appeared in the Washington Post earlier this year. A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy’s grief I knew I had to write something about the escalating violence in our culture. Then, as if discovering a...

A picture of polarization today?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Polarization is not new.

Visions of a Better Future of Glory

by Ross Reyes 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.

O Antiphons and Systemic Change – Day 1

by Sister Ellen LaCapria, DC | Dec 17, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Sr. Ellen LaCapria, DC offers her artwork of O Antiphons with some basic notions of Systemic Change. Day 1.

Help from the Always Faithful and True

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Dec 17, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus Christ, our Savior, is Emmanuel, “God-with-us.” In him and through him, God goes with us and gives us the help that we need. Ahaz, the king of Judah, fears the combined armies of Syria and Israel. And yet he turns down God’s offer of help, for he refuses to do...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Inconveniencing Ourselves In Serving the Poor

by John Freund, CM | Dec 17, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Do we have the generosity to inconvenience ourselves when serving the poor?

What is Sharing?

by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Dec 16, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

To be a Vincentian means that we not only share our material possession but that we also be an evangelizer and share our spirituality with others.

Vatican Appointment Evokes Legacy of St. Louise de Marillac

by Patricia M. Bombard | Dec 14, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Hailed as a “first-of-its-kind” move, the announcement in early July by Pope Francis that women would become full members of the Vatican’s office that oversees religious orders was greeted enthusiastically around the world.

Does “Keep Christ in Christmas” Miss the Point?

by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

What can we do to bring the Christ of the Gospels back into Christmas in a way that is more than a bumper sticker slogan that ends up being mainly a political football?