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Reflections
Claims that Are Sacrilegious and Outrageous
by Ross Reyes Dizon | December 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XIII
by John Freund, CM | December 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The servant of the poor must be poor himself, must suffer the hunger and the pain of the poor.
Keep Jesus Christ in Our Hearts
by Ross Reyes Dizon | December 25, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Have We Outgrown Nativity Scenes?
by John Freund, CM | December 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A good number of readers have either witnessed or were participants as children in appropriate costumes and props re-enacted the Nativity scene.
Freely You Receive, Freely Give Also
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 27, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has redeemed us by his blood. We do not pay, nor can we pay, for our redemption; we receive it freely. Faith is...
Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 17
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 27, 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.
Advocacy Connection: Standing in Support of DREAMers
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
At the National Assembly in Kansas City on September 9, 2017, the Ladies of Charity of the United States of America adopted a resolution to stand with DREAMers as they seek a permanent solution to their "lack of status" in the US. The young people we are...
A Sacramental Imagination
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility...
The Pope Video • Priests and Their Pastoral Ministry
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 7, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections
This month, the Pope asks us to pray that priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Pope Francis - July 2018 [youtube...
Do Vincentians Really Have the Smell of the Sheep?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
The first time Pope Francis caught our attention with the image of the “smell of the sheep” was a mere two weeks after he became Pope.
VLM/VMC Impact: Vincentian Formation – What Must Be Done?
by Gina Leal | Jul 5, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
We continue to share a series of reflections made by Vincentian Lay Missionaries and Vincentian Mission Corps participants about their experience serving, how it has impacted their lives and how they continue to live the Vincentian Charism today. Six years have...
Acting For Equality — in Faith
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Acting For Equality -- in Faith (2 Corinthians 8:13; Mk 5: 25-34) If you’re looking for a topical subject in the Scriptures, you wouldn’t have to go much further than the one Paul brings up in a request to the Corinthians. He’s asking them to help their poorer...
Wanted Very Urgently Indeed: Prophets
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the definitive answer to the prayers of those who bemoan that there are no prophets. That is how wanted prophets are. That prophets are that wanted is clear in the lament, “Now we see no signs, we have no prophets.” We read something like it in Lam 2, 9. ...
Châtillon: God Works With Our Choices
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jun 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Here in Châtillon, the Confraternities of Charity began as the creative collaboration of the women of the parish and their parish priest.
Pope’s Video Won an International Prize for Best Strategy
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jun 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
On Friday, June 15, a video with the collaboration of Pope Francis won an international prize for “best strategy in social action” at the International Festival of Social Publicity in Spain. Jesús Colina, from Aletia writes: The video was put together by the Migrants...