Reflections

Happy and Glad Followers of Jesus

by Ross Reyes Dizon | October 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus shows us by words and deeds what true happiness is. That is because he wants us to be happy and glad to the fullest. Jesus proclaims happy the wretched in the eyes of the world. That is to say, he breaks the mold: he announces a counterculture; he fosters...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Asking Vincent About Patience

by John Freund, CM | October 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

I wish I could be more patient and kind! Is this something you would hear Vincent talk about?

A Canadian View: An Indigenous Vision for All – Crazy Horse

by Jim Paddon | October 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

I’m sure many of us have heard of the great Sioux warrior, Crazy Horse who took part in the infamous Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876 where Gen. Custer was defeated and killed. I’d like to tell you more about Crazy Horse.

Novel But Realistic Approach To Homelessness

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | October 22, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 1 Comment

Imagine that! Asking people who had personal experience of what the problem was and what might be the solution.

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.

The Pope Video • Missionary Disciples

by .famvin | Oct 2, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Missionary Disciples.

The Courage to See Ourselves As God Sees Us?

by John Freund, CM | Oct 1, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Contemplation was something I had difficulty relating to. That is until the time I first came across the Jesuit Walter Burghardt’s description.

Nothing but the full truth

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Feb 24, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Second Sunday of Lent (B), March 1, 2015 – Gen 22, 1-2. 9a. 10-13. 15-18; Rom 8, 31b-34; Mk 9, 2-10 He handed him over for us all (Rom 8, 32) Jesus is the fullness of revelation. He transforms into his glorious image the hearers and doers of his word, willing even to...

Griffin – Considering Consecrated Life “Lenten Observance

by John Freund, CM | Feb 23, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Two liturgical events during the Christian year stir me. Both transpire during the time of Lent and lead to my observations.

60 Seconds with Sister Julie Kubasak, DC

by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections

How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister

Would a Missionary give up Swahili (Facebook) for Lent?

by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

What’s the first thing a missionary does? Learn the language. This is the language of the world we live. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. You could go “okay, I don’t like Swahili.”

Stir into flame… Tom McKenna CM

by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

The “Stir Into Flame” is from 2 Timothy 1: 1-8 — plays on Paul’s line here, and also Vincent’s “If love is a fire, then zeal is its flame.”

The lure of the desert

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Feb 17, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

First Sunday of Lent (B), February 22, 2015 – Gen 9, 8-15; 1 Pt 3, 18-22; Mk 1, 12-15 An appeal to God for a clear conscience (1 Pt 3, 21) Driven into the desert by the same Spirit that descended on him at the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the leader of the new exodus....