Reflections
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent X
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Go to Holy Mass every day, but do so with deep devotion…”
Turning Point in Your Life. From the Smallest Beginnings
by Dee Mansi | May 15, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
How many of you can point exactly to when things changed for the better in your lives?
The “Before” and the “After” of the Ascension
by John Freund, CM | May 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment
The question “why are you looking at the sky?” is addressed to us today. Today, we are those dazed apostles looking up rather than within and around ourselves.
Martha Justice Ministry
by Darlene O’Leary | May 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Martha Justice Ministry is a continuation of how the Marthas live Gospel Hospitality through social justice and creation care.
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Lenten Video Series, Day 18: A Marital Love
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The sacrifice that those discerning the priesthood make is in trading a physical and interpersonal marriage vocation for a marriage to Christ in the Church.
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Come to Our Senses about Our Sins
by Ross Dizon | Mar 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is divine mercy in person. Hence, he is ready to forgive us if we come to our senses and decide to turn back to...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXV
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
One of the reasons for Saint Vincent de Paul to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church is his style of living his vocation. Each week we will present an example.
Marian spirituality and the Vincentian Charism
by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
In a major study of Marian spirituality and the Vincentian charism noted researcher Fr. Corpus Delgado offers many insights. Some of them might be quite surprising.
Mary, “a Sign of Hope and Comfort for Your People”
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 12, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
On August 15th, the Catholic Church celebrates a great Marian Feast: the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this occasion, we of the Company of the Daughters of Charity would like to offer you a meditation, suitable for communal or personal use, on this dogma...
Get to know Louise through her letters • A Resource
by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
It has been over 80 years since Louise's canonization by Pope Pius XII. In this 3 minute 53 second video VinFormation presents a few samples from the letters of St. Louise de Marillac. They show us the connections between St. Louise and her contemporaries, and give us...
Invisible Women of Our Society
by Teresa Kotturan SCN | Aug 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Who are the invisible women in our society? It is said that these women are “absent from statistics, unnoticed by researchers, neglected by national and local authorities and mostly overlooked by civil society organizations.” This is the situation of widows in our...
A Vincentian View: The Truth
by Pat Griffin, CM | Aug 9, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: The Truth Last year at this time, I was on vacation and that proves true in this year as well. Last year, I wrote an essay about the Olympics and the political campaign which were both taking place at that time. My theme centered on “giving your...
Astounding Very Much Indeed!
by Ross Dizon | Aug 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the astounding Son of Man, will astound us even at the last judgment. He wants us to put him in the center. Among other things, the way Jesus teaches is astounding. He teaches with authority. This means, says St. Gregory the Great, that his authority does...
Make Room for Hope – Sharing God’s Love – Holiness – Don’t Worry
by Lynn L'Heureux | Aug 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Lynn L’Heureux reflects… Make Room for Hope – Sharing God’s Love – Holiness – Don’t Worry
The Sin of “Just Doing Our Job”
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Sitting around playing with Facebook and letting injustice flourish is just as bad as committing an injustice. Vincentians just can't do that. Stephen Mattson of sojo.net (Sojourners Magazine online) writes: Just because it’s legal and permissible by...
The fifth century of the Vincentian charism
by John Freund, CM | Aug 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
The 23rd successor of Vincent looks to the next 100 years, the fifth century of the Vincentian Charism in his new book A New Century Dawns: Hope for the Vincentian Family.