Reflections
Homeless People with Cell Phones?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | February 17, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
Seeing a homeless person with a cell phone raises eyebrows for some people. A formerly homeless person tells how it was a lifeline.
A Vincentian View: Blessed are the Poor
by Pat Griffin, CM | February 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
If you have ever seen Fiddler on the Roof, you may remember the prayer of Tevye.
Did Listening To the Spirit Change People 2000 Years Ago?
by John Freund, CM | February 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We all know not listening changed the world. If not, grab your bible and read about Adam and Eve in Gen 2-3.
Heavenly as Our Father Who Is in Heaven
by Ross Dizon | February 15, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 18
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
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.
IV National Assembly of MISEVI, Mexico
by MISEVI Mexico | Oct 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ and Saint Vincent, we would like to share a little of what was our IV National Assembly of MISEVI, Mexico.
If Cathedrals Could Speak… Would We Listen?
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The TV coverage of the Queen’s funeral allowed us to see the inside of Westminster Abbey from many angles. The Abbey is rich in history and could tell many stories.
Share Your Saint? Saints and Scholars in Vincentian Europe
by Dee Mansi | Apr 14, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Which saint matters to you and why?
A Canadian View: Reconciliation (Part 1)
by Jim Paddon | Apr 11, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
A word that is heard and used often during the Lenten season is reconciliation.
Solidarity
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 10, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
More Than the Appendix in Bed 404B
by John Freund, CM | Apr 10, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Doctors need to treat that appendix. But that appendix is not something in a laboratory dish. It is part of the many systems we call a person. And that person is part of many other systems.
Fill Up What is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions
by Ross Dizon | Apr 9, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
On the cross, the one who bears our sufferings carries out fully our redemption. And to gaze at him mournfully and prayerfully is to pledge to fill up in our flesh what is lacking in his afflictions (see Col 1, 24). It is not that the work of Christ is not enough...
Jesus Christ and the Daily Practice of the Vincentians
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Apr 9, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
As a daily practice, Vincentians always have to talk about Jesus. Not only talk, but act like Jesus.
Every Vincentian is Franciscan
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Apr 8, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Every Vincentian is a little Franciscan, because the virtues of this Italian saint permeate our day-to-day.
The Pope Video • Doctors and their Collaborators in War-Torn Areas
by .famvin | Apr 6, 2019 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Doctors and their Collaborators in War-Torn Areas.
Following Christ the Evangelizer of the Poor Then and Now
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Just as the first Vincentians 200 years ago could not have imagined the world they were entering, who of us could have imagined just a generation ago the world in which we are serving.