Reflections
A Canadian View: Safe, Secure and Affordable Housing is a Human Right!
by Jim Paddon | March 18, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
As Vincentians, we witness the effect that the lack of safe, secure and affordable housing has on the people we serve.
Lenten Video Series: Day 26, Lifting Your Heart Up
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 18, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 26: Lifting Your Heart Up.
Where Do You Fit In?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | March 18, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
There seems to be a range of attitudes toward the homeless. How do you further conversations with people who have different starting points and live in other categories than your own?
Lenten Video Series: Day 25, Path to God’s Grace
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 25: Path to God’s Grace.
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A Poverty of Empathy
by Pam Matambanadzo | Feb 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For years now I have fully appreciated the thought behind celebrating Black History Month. At least that was until I saw…
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One More (Luke 5:1-11)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
I can imagine Peter’s consternation when Jesus challenges him to head out one more time. Likely shaking his head, Peter nonetheless gives his “ok, one more!”
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Star Wars and the Gospel of Luke
by John Freund, CM | Feb 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
How many of us are aware of the problem Luke was addressing with his gospel?
Building Humility- Created for Holiness – Lily of Purity
by Lynn L'Heureux | Feb 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Building Humility- Created for Holiness - Lily of Purity- Connecting with God Vincentian Stories of the Heart Building Humility In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could harden our hearts, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of...
Lenten Letter by Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Superior General
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“The mystery of the Holy Trinity”: this is the theme proposed by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, for the time of Lent, in a letter addressed to the entire Vincentian Family, which we have reproduced below. After the text, you will find links to download his letter in several...
Vincentians of Wherever • Millennials Are Trying to Tell Something. Are We Listening?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"From the depths of my heart, I want to love church. I want to be head-over-heels for church like the unshakable Ned Flanders." So say millennials. They are speaking to us. They could be Vincentians. I want to send global, sky-writing airplanes telling the life-change...
The People United Will Never be Defeated • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 24, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"Madame, I feel obliged to inform you that, for the past year, the Daughters of Charity at Chars have been sorely tried for two different reasons, both stemming from the Pastor's zeal. One I cannot put into writing for you. The other pertains to the stability he wants...
Kennedy Love-Green Loves the World #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
When she was accepted to the highly competitive Ozanam Scholars Program at St. John’s University, Kennedy Love-Green ’17CPS felt she was answering a calling. “I was drawn to St. John’s by God,” Kennedy said. Ozanam Scholars examine and seek solutions to real-world...
Go Out To The Peripheries • A Video From Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
by Tomaz Mavrič, CM | Feb 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a new series of three videos, Fr. Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to continue to deepen the meaning of the Vincentian charism, of which we celebrate the 400th anniversary during this year 2017. The first of this new series, “The Globalization of Charity” and the...
A Vincentian View: Hope in Ashes
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 22, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “Hope in Ashes” When I play poker, I do so solely for enjoyment. You can tell that by some of the games which I will play. One may be familiar to you: “Blind Man’s Bluff.” In this poker game, each player receives one card face down. Then...
End, and of course, Beginning, too, of our Seeking
by Ross Dizon | Feb 21, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the beginning and the end of our efforts to seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Christians should seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. To make sure we start out well and end successfully, all we need to do is follow Jesus. Jesus...
400 Years – A Time to Step Back
by José Antonio González P., CM | Feb 21, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a reflection “Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of the Vincentian Charism: A Time to Remember, a Time to Strengthen Our Identity And a Time for Prophecy” Fr. José Antonio González P., CM invites us to step back to see the wider horizons of our Vincentian Charism:...