It is only in my later years that I have realized how he has influenced the Church of today!
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by John Freund, CM | December 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
Some stories need no comments. Here is the story of a new mother recognizing who she was caring for…
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | December 24, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
I never cease to be amazed at how many times Invisible People stops me as they give voice to situations I had not thought of.
by Darcy O’Hara | December 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
The St. Vincent De Paul Young Adult Center invites participants to transform the way they see the world, following the examples of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac.
by Pat Griffin, CM | December 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This year something different in the Christmas readings captured my prayer and attention. Perhaps it suggests the times and the disposition of my mind and heart.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
It is only in my later years that I have realized how he has influenced the Church of today!
by Ross Dizon | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wholly offers himself to take away our sins. In this sacrifice shares the widow who gives all she has to live...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent de Paul would suffer all his life from the obsession to put the entire Church at the service of the poor.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jul 13, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, CM “The Cross and the Crucifix” How close are you to a cross at this very moment? Could you reach into your pocket and find the cross on the end of your rosary? Is one attached to your collar or around your neck? Is there...
by Ross Dizon | Jul 12, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Lord of the harvest. To work with him means to be a mystic of charity. To be a mystic of charity supposes, in the first place, that one is like Abraham or Martha. Both avail of the moments of grace. Abraham opens his tent to travelers who are such...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jul 11, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Take up the Cross - Angry at God - Finding the Hidden Jesus Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Take up the Cross - What is the cross to us who believe? Among many other things, it is a sign of our lowest point, our sufferings joined with...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 10, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
by Burak Özdoğan Overture: the Magnet and the Old Man “Who is that man, Burak?” Marcela, Misa’s mother, asked me in a curious tone of voice.... A grandmother in her sixties, sitting in the armchair with a cup of Turkish coffee, squinting her eyes, and pointing her...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
After 50 years of priesthood I still struggle with the issues of balancing basics. Having been ordained in 1965 I was quickly exposed to a spirit of activism. I remember being very caught up with the concept of “leaving God for God.” After all, Vincent expressed that...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
It is no secret that we tend to label people very quickly. No doubt there is some utility to labels even if today they are used like arrows of insult. Labels try to identify who we represent. To my mind labels lead a question for followers of Vincent and Louise. "Who...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 7, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
"Elie Wiesel was brought up in a closely knit Jewish community in Sighet, Transylvania (Romania). When he was fifteen years old, his family was herded aboard a train and deported by Nazis to the Auschwitz death camp. Wiesel’s mother and younger sister died at...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 6, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“You Are Somebody…” (John 15) (Homily at the Farewell Mass for the departing members of the 2015/16 Vincentian Mission Corps, St. Louis) Jesus confides in His disciples today, “I have told you this, that your joy may be complete.” Or to put it another way: “I...
by Ross Dizon | Jul 5, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In Jesus dwells all the fullness; those who treat the helpless with mercy are surely partakers of his fullness. “And who is my neighbor?” asks a scholar of the law who wants to justify himself. He is also one of those experts who like to test Jesus. They think they...