Reflections
Do No Harm
by Nuala Kenny | December 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Convergence and commitment on child sexual exploitation and abuse.
What Is It like At a Papal Audience?
by John Freund, CM | December 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
When I was growing up there was a wonderful series on that still new medium … television.
Advent Social Justice Conversations Through the Lens of Charity
by Carol De Angelo, SC | December 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
As we journey together, I invite us to “see,” seek, and sink our Charity roots this Advent into a deeper appreciation and celebration of…
A Vincentian View: The Holy Name of Jesus
by Pat Griffin, CM | December 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 4 Comments
From the earliest days of my Catholic education, the good School Sisters of Notre Dame taught my young schoolmates and me to bow our heads when we said the name “Jesus.”
St. Jane Frances de Chantal and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Made for Communion
by Lisa Lickona, STL | Aug 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Even in seasons of loneliness, we were made to live with and for others. God provides the means to serve him through a...
Heavens Tell the Story of God
by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
What does it mean that Mary is the Queen of Creation?
Caregiving
by Marie A. Copeland | Aug 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
No matter how you arrive at the role of caregiver, whether suddenly or gradually, there is a spiritual component to caregiving.
Thanksgiving with Mary – Celebrating God’s Upside Down World
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Mary’s thanksgiving hymn is actually a hymn celebrating God’s “systemic change” of seeing things as God sees things … and an invitation to live it in our lives.
Advent Letter 2018 to the Vincentian Family, by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
by Javier F. Chento | Nov 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In this year's Advent letter, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to delve into the example of St. Vincent de Paul, addressing one of the main sources in which Vincent drank as a mystic of Charity, the daily prayer: "He urged all the groups...
Kingship That Jesus Christ Wishes for All of Us
by Ross Dizon | Nov 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ is King. But his kingship, the one he wants to share with us, is not just like any other. For it does not come from this world. Those who make up the Sanhedrin bring Jesus before Pilate. One of the charges they bring against Jesus is that he keeps...
Pope Francis’ Annual Day of the Poor and the Heart of St. Vincent
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
There must be a big smile in St. Vincent’s heart! When Pope Francis pours out his heart about the meaning of the annual World Day of the Poor his words resonate with themes close to the heart of Vincent.
November 18: Second World Day of the Poor
by Eduardo Marques Almeida | Nov 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
“This poor man called, and the Lord heard him” (Psalms 34,7) What a great idea of Pope Francis to set one Sunday a year for us to reflect on the situation of the Poor! In his message for this day, the Holy Father seems to make a reflection for the Vincentian Family....
Is Your Sight Growing Stronger with Age?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
It took Vincent until midlife to begin to see clearly. By the end of his life. seeing Christ in the beggar was not merely poetry.
Social Justice Conversations: My Vincentian Heart is Breaking
by Sister Julie Cutter, DC | Nov 15, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
My Vincentian heart is breaking. In the 1990s, I was privileged to minister as part of a pastoral team of the diocese of Quiche in Guatemala. We were present to resilient and faith-filled indigenous families who experienced 30 years of violent repression by their...
Youth in the SSVP: a Future that is Already Present
by Lucas Rafael Oliveira de Vergilio | Nov 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Among the main clichés, popular sayings or phrases of common sense heard or read in Brazil are: "The friend is for those things," "The union is strength," "It is better to prevent than cure" and the classic "Brazil is the country of soccer." What stands out, in the...
A Vincentian View: The Wisdom of Widows
by Pat Griffin, CM | Nov 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
One can easily discern the thinking of the authors of the Lectionary in bringing together the two stories which were proclaimed on this past Sunday. We heard two tales about widows and unmatched generosity. I cannot help but to be drawn to Jesus’ telling...