Jesus is the Good News of God’s kingdom in person. He sends his forerunners to towns and places where he plans to go.

by Tom McKenna, CM | July 9, 2025 | Reflections | 0 Comments
There are questions and there are QUESTIONS. How about the life-altering one Jesus puts to Peter in Matthew’s gospel?
by Tim Williams | July 8, 2025 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, SVDP Contemplation | 0 Comments
True acts of compassion often have less to do with material aid and more with making others feel seen, loved, and not alone in their struggles. In visiting those in need, we offer more than assistance—we offer presence, friendship, and a reminder of God’s love that can uplift their spirits long after we’ve gone.
by Ross Reyes Dizon | July 8, 2025 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by .famvin | July 6, 2025 | News, Reflections | 1 Comment
A growing divide between wealth and suffering mirrors past eras of decadence that ended in collapse, revealing a moral and spiritual crisis. Grounded in the Gospel and Vincentian tradition, the call is to stand with the poor, confront injustice, and resist systems that glorify excess while ignoring human dignity.
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 1, 2025 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Good News of God’s kingdom in person. He sends his forerunners to towns and places where he plans to go.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 25, 2025 | Reflections
Some time ago I came upon what you might call a “3 Preposition Formula” that aimed to provide a framework for understanding something of the mystery of our Trinitarian God, our “3-personned” God.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 25, 2025 | Reflections
Every renter and landlord knows the meaning of “security deposit.” A security deposit holds people accountable for...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jun 6, 2025 | A Weekly Reflection with Louise, Formation, Reflections
During the Fronde conflict, Louise de Marillac wrote with sorrow about fleeing while others stayed to aid the poor despite the danger. Her letter and the reflection urge us to face our indifference toward migrants and respond with empathy and action.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jun 4, 2025 | Reflections
I have been blessed with the privilege of visiting the Marian shrines at Lourdes and Knock several times. I have spent some hours in those special places of prayer.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 4, 2025 | Reflections
Parents are both comforters and nudges! Should it be any different with God’s Spirit?
by Tim Williams | Jun 3, 2025 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, SVDP Contemplation
True humility recognizes that all good comes from God, not from ourselves, and therefore we neither boast in success nor despair in failure, trusting instead in God’s will and timing. Our role is not to claim credit or control outcomes, but to serve with love, patience, and total confidence in Divine Providence.
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jun 3, 2025 | Formation, Reflections
The Father’s Sent One, in turn, sends us Christians. Yet we can go on Christ’s mission only if the Spirit of Christ is upon us. The spirit of Elijah was upon Elisha. What Elisha had done to cross the Jordan on dry land made this clear. It seems, then, that it is...
by Team of Sisters on the Camino | Jun 2, 2025 | News, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
While the world mourned Pope Francis with global ceremony, a pilgrim named Sean found quiet healing in a small village chapel on the Camino de Santiago. Embraced by a compassionate Daughter of Charity, he confronted his painful past and took a profound step toward inner peace.
by John Freund, CM | May 30, 2025 | Reflections
Neither you nor I can escape the fact that our world today is being consumed by the fire of violence. Yet there is also a fire that very much needs fanning into flame… the fire of love!
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 28, 2025 | Reflections
The Lord Jesus has his favorite images. Toward the top of the list is the one of shepherd and sheep – not just any shepherd, but the one who is the Good Shepherd.
by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2025 | Reflections
Let’s explore how prepared the followers of Christ were to face his leaving them and ascending to heaven.