Reflections

Does Jesus Want Us to Build Back Better?

by John Freund, CM | December 15, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments

When I was growing up there was a wonderful series on that still new medium … television.

Visits that Are Christian, Marian, Vincentian

by Ross Dizon | December 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the fullness of God’s visits to us humans to save us. The visits we pay to our neighbor should be like Jesus’. Mary is besides herself after the angel Gabriel’s visit. That is to say, she cannot keep her joy to herself. So, she goes in haste, since she has...

Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XI

by John Freund, CM | December 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

St. Vincent wrote: “We are living on the patrimony of Jesus Christ, on the sweat of the poor.”

Do No Harm

by Nuala Kenny | December 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Convergence and commitment on child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Do You Have Memories of Your Grandparents?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

My personal relationship with my grandparents is complicated. I never knew either my father’s or mother’s parents. Yet I know more about my great grandparents than just about anyone reading these words.

A Vincentian View: The Better Part

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jul 20, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

One of Vincent’s instructions to the Daughters of Charity involved the decision on what to do when the obligation for prayer and the obligation for service collided.

Are Catholic Families Mirrors of God’s Love?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

I have had a life-long interest in the family as an image of the sacramental marriages as “Mirrors of God’s Love” or the “church in miniature.”

A Canadian View: Charity, Social Justice and the Vincentian – Part One

by Jim Paddon | Mar 14, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

As I meet and talk to fellow Vincentians about social justice, I am often asked what social justice is.

Feet in Two Worlds

by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 13, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Now a citizen of two worlds, each one operating from different instincts and expectations, he was pulled.

Does This Project Look Familiar?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

Try your hand at expressing how some projects work… or don’t work.

Pass over from Death to Life, from Evil to Good

by Ross Dizon | Mar 12, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus has the words of eternal life. They go and listen to him, those who seek to pass over from death to life, from evil to good. Jesus goes up the mountain to pray. Coming along are Peter, John and James. Why choose them? It is surely not because they simply do...

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