Reflections
Advent Reflection on Humility
by Famvin Media Resources | December 4, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Are we humble enough to believe that He who is mighty can do great things?
The Cost of “Preferential Option for the Poor”
by John Freund, CM | December 4, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Forty years ago, four women gave their lives as part of their preferential option for the poor. Read their own words. It should take just about 40 seconds.
A Canadian View: A More Just World
by Jim Paddon | December 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
As a Canadian and close neighbour to our Americans friends, we are always interested in what is happening in the USA.
Creating Connections Better Than Giving Directions
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | December 3, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
A place where homeless and formerly homeless people can connect to one another. They can also connect to vital outreach services, their own personal friends, and family members.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History I
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Charity is mission.
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Holy Ground…..Everywhere
by Mary Frances Jaster | Oct 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Readiness to go to any part of the world, according to the example of the first missionaries of the Congregation.
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To Believe, Teach, and Practice: Forty Years a Priest, and Counting!
by John T. Maher, CM | Oct 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. John T. Maher, C.M. reflects on his vocation as a Vincentian priest.
Witnesses of Jesus throughout the world
by Ross Dizon | May 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus appoints his followers to be his witnesses. Are we so really and in a credible manner? Jesus tells the witnesses of his passion, death and resurrection: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (1)
by Javier F. Chento | May 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
1. A timely announcement It was a beautiful and inspiring idea from our Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM, to convene a Year of Vincentian Collaboration. The fact that it coincides with important dates in the Church that are close to each other made the idea even...
Let it Go
by Lynn L'Heureux | May 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Let it Go – Journey of Love – Christ invites us to Serve – God's Gift to Us Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Let it Go - Often in our teenager years we strain the relationship. We tend to hold onto the bad memories and hurts more than the love....
The Madness of Mercy: Jacques Derrida on Forgiveness
by Michael Whalen, CM | May 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
The Madness of Mercy: Jacques Derrida on Forgiveness In this brief meditation (and, quite frankly, rather “thick” in the best sense of the term) we will focus on one key idea by one writer-philosopher - Jacques Derrida. For those unfamiliar with Derrida (1930-2004),...
Forgiveness Will Save Your Life #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
The simplicity is profound... says Rachael Hudak. #RachaelisVincent. https://youtu.be/4XNZlKfHq64
Moving Toward “I Believe” John 10:27-30
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
First, some scene-setting. You’re there with these other disciples, and this Jesus person is right in front of you looking you in the eye. He’s in the process of making this claim: “I and God are one. What you hear coming from my mouth is coming from God’s mouth.” And...
Intimate disciples of Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Apr 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus wants us to be his intimate lovers, proven so through our keeping of his word. He seeks to share with us, through the Holy Spirit, his Father’s love and genuine peace. In the first place, Jesus affirms that to love him truly means to carry out his word. He...
Vincentian Charism
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Charism – True Mercy - Shepherd of His Flock - Christ Among the Poor Vincentian Day of Fast and Prayer – Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Vincentian Charism – ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me. . . (Matthew 25:35) “We will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of...
Forgive us our Debts as we Forgive our Debtors
by Michael Whalen, CM | Apr 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors: Mercy and Justice in the Political and Economic Sphere – Part I We begin with a dream (or perhaps more accurately a fantasy). What, if in the days following what we now refer to as 9.11, people’s minds and hearts turned...