In the readings of the Easter Season, it sometimes seems that the two positions of “seeing” and “believing” are mutually exclusive.
Reflections
A Vincentian View: The Company of Strangers
by Pat Griffin, CM | March 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Some years ago, I read a piece that discussed how much the modern world depends upon the work of strangers for its survival and wellbeing.
Anyone Listening?
by John Freund, CM | March 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Listening is more than waiting for a chance to respond or rebut the other.
Contemplation: Old and Ever New – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | March 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Set Free, out of Love, the Oppressed
by Ross Dizon | March 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Empty Seats in the School of Jesus
by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
In a recent homily, Pope Francis warned us about “the empty seats in the school of Jesus:” Do any of these excerpts hit home?
Burden and Sorrow of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | Apr 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is God-with-us. He stays with us all along the way that we travel. He finds bearable the burden that we turn...
A Vincentian View: “Belonging to God”
by Pat Griffin, CM | Oct 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “Belonging to God” All of us know what a seal is. In our day, it may take the form of a logo or insignia or symbol which is on a shirt or a scarf or a car or almost anything else. When we see that emblem, we know who made that...
Some Things We Can All Agree On!
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
We pray in thanksgiving for the privilege and responsibility of being able to organize as individuals politically. We pray that each of us, as citizens, feel compelled to exercise our right and responsibility to vote…
First and Greatest of All the Commandments
by Ross Dizon | Oct 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus teaches that the first and the greatest of all the commandments is to love God and the neighbor. The Teacher practices, moreover, what he teaches. According to Jewish teaching, there are 613 commandments. Of these, 365 are prohibitions and 248 are positive...
There is a Dream in You
by Francisco Vilhena | Oct 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
"Saint Vincent received the vocation to go forth as a gift." This sentence from Fr. Luigi Mezzadri’s article has echoed in my mind from the moment I read it. The vocation to go forth is a sign left by Saint Vincent de Paul, both in the sense of always advancing from...
Becoming Good Friends • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 29, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In a certain sense, I believe the aim we were proposing in Paris is not quite the same as that you are proposing in the province. In Paris we are birds of passage, away for some time from the paternal nest and on which unbelief, that vulture of thought, plans for its...
“Does Europe Still Have Christian Values in its Treatment of Migrants?” Asks an Ethiopian Cardinal at the Synod
by Bernard Massaarini, C.M. | Oct 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
For the second year in a row I have been given the mission to accompany a small pastoral team for migrants in the Diocese of Landes. We’ve increased our numbers by inviting a Daughter of Charity from the Berceau community who provides French lessons and a layman from...
Missionary Call of Father Tomaž Mavrič, C.M.
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 27, 2018 | Formation, Missions inter gentes, Reflections
As every October, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) has written a letter to all the members of the CM requesting their generosity, both personal and material, to continue the work of evangelization in different parts of the globe. The...
Surprised Into Prayer By the Vincentian Film Festival
by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media, Technology: Issues and Uses
I must admit “Finding Charity in Art: The Challenge of the Vincentian Festival” surprised me into prayer! “
A Canadian View: Words, Action and Prayer
by Jim Paddon | Oct 25, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
As a long time Vincentian with a specific interest in social justice, I have occasionally worried about allowing our unique Vincentian charism getting lost or forgotten in the rush to address social justice and develop and advocate for systemic change which can give...