Reflections
Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? VIII
by John Freund, CM | August 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincent grasped and was grasped by the pure generosity that is sending the Word to the poor, the Sending to which Jesus gives flesh.
An Unorthodox Orthodoxy Test
by John Freund, CM | August 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
There are all kinds of orthodoxy tests. We might even pass an orthodoxy oral exam. But how many can claim to actually lead lives reflecting this belief in crisis situations?
What Do Homeless Need When a Heatwave Comes?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | August 19, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
Writing for Invisible People, Kayla Robbins Robbins, freelance writer, asks what can we do when a heatwave comes?
A Vincentian View: Dwelling in the Lord’s House
by Pat Griffin, CM | August 18, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
How might Joseph have prayed and meditated on Psalm 27?
A Vincentian View: Acts of the Apostles
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
One of the great blessings of the Easter Season is the way in which the church directs our attention to the Acts of the Apostles in both the weekday and the Sunday readings.
Mayday! Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
Distinctive Mark of Christ’s Disciples
by Ross Dizon | May 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the proof that God loves us. Sent by God, he teaches us to love. He makes love the Christians’ distinctive...
The Pope Video • Formation in Spiritual Discernment – March 2018
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 3, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections
This month, the Pope asks us to pray that the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels. Pope Francis - March 2018 The Church today needs...
Temple Means Basically “God-With-Us”
by Ross Dizon | Mar 1, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the only temple that matters. He is “God-with-us,” the fullest presence of God among human beings. Jesus feels outrage when he finds in the temple area sellers of animals and money-changers. They probably think they foster worship of God. But Jesus...
Driven to Disruption
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Driven to Disruption (Mark 1:12-15) If you asked ten people what contact with God is supposed to bring I suspect at least seven would list things like peace, joy, calm, well-being, reassurance. But there's a theme running through Lent which moves in another direction...
Vincent Showed Us… With Help from Women
by John Freund, CM | Feb 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Vincent showed us how to change systems St. Vincent showed us how to do systemic change… but he did not leave a formal manual or even call it "systemic change." Vincent was not what would today be called a "systems thinker.” Vincent was what I call a “systems doer.”...
Why I Gave the Bishop a Pokémon Game @NiagaraUniv
by Michael Pearl | Feb 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Recently, thanks to the folks in Campus Ministry, I had a great conversation with Bishop Malone and 18 other students. We had a chance to ask about current events, situations in schools, and just hang with the Bishop, which was a blast. This meeting gave me the...
A Grandmother Travelled to Kenya … to Work as a Volunteer
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Several media outlets have informed on the journey of "the grandmother Irma" to Kenya, to work as a volunteer in an orphanage that she had supported economically over the years, and that was founded by a missionary from her region, near Venice (Italy). The news,...
Reflection: One’s Personal Plans vs. God’s Plans
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 25, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Sixth presentation in a series of reflections by Fr. Rolando Gutiérrez, CM, Vice-Province of Costa Rica.
A Vincentian asks, “Where is God?”
by Brian Igel, CVV | Feb 24, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
In the last 8 months of my experience of Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, my heart and spirit have often been left restless and waiting for hope of God’s love and healing in our world. During these short months we have seen firsthand the effects of injustice, whether...
Venerable Vincentian Voices speak on Almsgiving
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Two venerable Vincentian voices speak to us from the past on almsgiving. Do you recognize them? What do they say about seeing the person to whom you offer alms?