Is Labor Day the last hurrah of summer? The weekend to catch supposedly fantastic sales? A recognition of the dignity of work? It is all that and more!
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by John Freund, CM | July 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We see so little of God’s creation! Yet we still think of our world as the center of creation, our culture as the model for all cultures.
by Tom McKenna, CM | July 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.
by John Freund, CM | July 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
My personal relationship with my grandparents is complicated. I never knew either my father’s or mother’s parents.
by Tim Williams | July 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Is Labor Day the last hurrah of summer? The weekend to catch supposedly fantastic sales? A recognition of the dignity of work? It is all that and more!
by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
I would love to have people describe me as “a simple man.”
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Mark, as any good pastor would, uses Jesus stories circulating in oral tradition to help a community understand how the gospel is “good news”… even in the face of catastrophe and persecution.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Each member of the Vincentian Family—as all Christians–bears a consecration to God…
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity
A young Vincentian and young missionary, Rebecca Bowman, a 2015 Bethlehem High School graduate from Lebanon, Kentucky (USA), recently volunteered her time with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to work at a house for girls who were at risk for being victims of human...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Father Tom McKenna offers the following reflection Getting “In the Spirit” (Samuel 18; Romans 8) The story of David and Goliath is set inside a larger narrative about the fall of Saul and the rise of David. And the difference between these two is that one, Saul,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Are there any of us not pulled in different directions? In his weekly letter to the members of the Vincent de Paul Society David Barringer speaks to members of the Society. But once again he touches on a theme that resonates within and across the various branches of...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 21, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
What about our Muslim students? This is a question Sr. Annelle Fitzpatrick CSJ, raises in the context of a forthcoming article in Vincentian Heritage. In “HOSPITALITY ON A VINCENTIAN CAMPUS: WELCOMING THE STRANGER OUTSIDE OUR TENT” she explores practical approaches to...
by Ross Dizon | Jan 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has been sent to evangelize the poor. God anointed him with the Spirit for this mission. But to evangelize is not something “spiritual” in the sense of “unreal” or “useless” even. To evangelize is not just to announce the Gospel by word and in an abstract...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jan 19, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Tom Mckenna offers this reflection on Hannah’s Prayer (I Samuel 1:9-20) In a talk on the spirituality of the Twelve Steps, the speaker told a story of a woman who was being swept along in a powerful ocean current. She was a swimmer and so at first wasn’t...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 18, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Let God In - Called by Name - Forgive and ask for Forgiveness - Ordinary Time Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast – Tuesday January 19, 2016 Dear Vincentian Family- Please pray and serve with Mercy in this Jubilee year. Pray for our clergy, religious and seminarians. ...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In his weekly series "Considering Consecrated Life" Father Pat Griffin reflects on Personal Judgment. At the daily Eucharist during this past week, the First Book of Samuel provided the first reading. We heard the interesting story of the origin and commissioning of...