Reflections
Lenten Video Series: Day 21, Vulnerable in Prayer
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 12, 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 21: Vulnerable in Prayer.
The Contagion of Christianity
by John Freund, CM | March 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Do others experience God’s love for them mirrored by our lives? Is it any wonder that Jesus speaks of the final judgement in terms of what we do for the unrecognized, bruised and broken Christ in our midst?
Systemic Racism, Diversity and Inclusion
by Jim Paddon | March 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Our Vinfam social justice reps have been discussing systemic change over the past few months and in our last call the focus was once again on systemic racism.
Lenten Video Series: Day 20, We Reached the Midpoint
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 11, 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 20: We Reached the Midpoint.
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A Vincentian View: The Prophet
by Pat Griffin, CM | Feb 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
This scripture reminds us of our responsibility to honor the prophets among us.
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Fishers of Men and Women, Sinners All
by Ross Dizon | Feb 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the leading fisher of men and women. Those he calls are also, though sinners, to be fishers of other...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XVIII
by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The originality of Saint Vincent’s version of Christianity is one of the reasons that he is one of the great saints in history.
Going Corporate and Volunteering: Vincentians of Wherever
by Shaughnessy Miller | Feb 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Going corporate and volunteering: they are not mutually exclusive! Corporate America gets a pretty bad rap. Images of stifling your personality and will to live in a cubicle prevail and are especially repulsive to the full-time volunteer. And while I won’t deny that...
Respect between the Native-Born and Muslim Immigrants • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“How many heretics have been converted since the Daughters of Charity have been working in the hospitals! Recall that, in 1659, a sister who had been in the hospital of Saint-Denis said that, during the year, five or six heretics were converted, including the son of a...
“I Protest Because Walls Only Serve to Separate and Divide Us” Activists Saying #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | News, Reflections
See. Judge. Act. We often think of this as analysis for project planning. But activism stems from this as well. A new generation of Vincentians in the United States have heard the call of the Gospel: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me!" In response to the recent...
1.5-minute Podcast #IamVincent = imitate Vincent?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
To imitate the saints. A laudable goal? Listen, download for later, or read on... Fr. John Guy Winfrey wrote, Oscar Wilde once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” It is certainly a common place response. I recall...
A Family Gift: Practical Integrity
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Family Gift: Practical Integrity (Mk 3:1-6) If you were hired as the Public Relations director for the Jerusalem Pharisees and Scribes mentioned in Mark, you wouldn’t want this section of the gospel to get too much circulation. In their confrontations with Jesus,...
Vincent and Frederic: So Different, So Similar
by Jim Claffey, Commission for Systemic Change | Feb 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Two men born in April, with feast days in September, but otherwise very different individuals in significant ways. How did two such different men become recognized as apostles of the poor? One was a 17th century French priest; the other a 19th century husband and...
Salt of the Earth and Light of the World
by Ross Dizon | Jan 31, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the first to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. He appoints the disciples to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world also. First, salt cleans and preserves food. It also seasons it, giving it taste. Hence, to say Jesus is salt...
Salt of the Earth – Vincentians Follow the Beatitudes
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Salt of the Earth – Vincentians Follow the Beatitudes - Helping Others as Jesus Would – Jesus was Merciful Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Salt of the Earth Answering Christ’s call to be “the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13) requires being in the world. But we have...
I Love People Like Alexis Fuentes #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In January of last year, I met with a young woman in a cafe in northern New Jersey. She is Alexis Fuentes, a former Missionary Cenacle Volunteer, and I spoke with her about her connection to the Vincentian Family and a bit of her life as she was living it. She's a...