Reflections

Mother Teresa’s “call within a call”

by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

People, myself included, assumed that “call within a call” means a vocation within her vocation to religious life.

Ukraine: Where’s the United Nations?

by Jim Claffey | May 19, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

Why didn’t the United Nations prevent the war in Ukraine? Isn’t it supposed to keep the peace?

Hearing The Voice (John 10:1-10)

by Tom McKenna, CM | May 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 5 Comments

Years ago, walking along a crowded beach, I came upon a group of people gathered around a crying, screaming child.

Do You Do the Dishes?

by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Calls for social change are quickly politicized …therefore quickly colored red or blue, rarely purple. I wonder how St. Vincent would be colored?

Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jan 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the great light that shines on those who walk in the dark. He is the delight of those who live in the land...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 14

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

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

Imagine That!

by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

But let’s look at God’s imagination and the imagination of St. Vincent de Paul.

My Vincentian Visa Is Up To Date – Is Yours?

by Dee Mansi | Sep 8, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

When we meet, we can’t help it – we talk “Vincentian.” We value and recall our roots. We are very much Vincent’s children living and acting in mission on the “signs of the times.”

The Pope Video • Protecting the Oceans

by .famvin | Sep 7, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Protecting the Oceans.

New Cardinal in the Mold of St. Vincent de Paul

by John Freund, CM | Sep 6, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

A new Cardinal in the mold of St. Vincent de Paul Imagine a parish that has 100,000 people in 53 distinct communities... and 3000 trained ministers! St. Michael Archangel Parish is not an imaginary parish. It has a membership of 100,000 people in 53 distinct...

A Vincentian View: A Focus on Labor

by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 4, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

I find a very Vincentian spirit in Labor Day. From the beginning, Louise and Vincent were serious about being hard workers themselves and promoting the ability to work among the poor whom they served.

Vincentian Influence on Catholic Social Teaching

by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change

Did you know how Vincentian Family members who set the stage and later advised Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 landmark statement of catholic social teaching “Rerum Novarum” (New Things)?

Learning Well from Our Master and Teacher

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 3, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus Christ is our one Teacher. Those who do not stop learning from him, following him on the way of the cross, are truly his disciples. Great crowds travel with Jesus. But quality matters to him more than quantity. He wants disciples who do not only go with him but...

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