Reflections

The Northern Missions

by Sister Susan Smolinsky, SC | March 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax served in the northern missions of Canada in cities, towns and villages.

A Vincentian View: A Great Symphony of Prayer

by Pat Griffin, CM | March 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

In preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis has invited the Christian community to center 2024 around the theme of prayer.

Clocks Versus the Time In Our Heads

by John Freund, CM | March 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Changing your clocks, watches, and iPhone settings might not be as important as you think. Before you panic about being out of sync for your 9:00 am meeting, hear me out!

Bear Much Fruit Means Die with Christ

by Ross Reyes Dizon | March 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus loves others to the end, to being lifted up on the cross. His death proves true that the grain of wheat that dies cannot but bear much fruit. Those who die with him bear much fruit also. Most of us, if not all, want to bear much fruit, to succeed as best as we...

A Vincentian View: A Time for Retreat

by Pat Griffin, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

One of the Pilgrimage Festivals of Judaism is Shavuot. It translates into English as “weeks’ and thus is sometimes...

Are You Looking Up or Around?

by John Freund, CM | May 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A late 19th-century artist, James Tissot, graphically posed a question for us. In his depiction of the Ascension, he asks, “Why do you stand looking up into heaven? (Act 1:11)

Contemplation: Under the Cross

by Tim Williams | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or...

Breath that Creates, Gives Life and Renews

by Ross Reyes Dizon | May 23, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, has come so that his followers, his sheep, may have life and have it to the full. He passes on to them his breath. In the Acts of the Apostles, fifty days separate Pentecost from Easter. But that is not so in John’s Gospel that we hear or...

Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 5

by Famvin Media Resources | May 23, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.

Salvation by God’s Grace

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | May 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Our salvation does not depend on any of our actions, but rather it is God’s action

Gag Laws and Catholic Universities

by Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, CM | May 20, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Governors and state legislators are introducing legislation to prevent college campuses from teaching about the ongoing legacy of racism or the presence of LGTBQ individuals among our community.

Walking In the Shoes of the Fisherman

by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Shortly after ordination in 1965, I remember reading the best-selling and quite controversial novel by Morris West, “The Shoes of the Fisherman.” It concerns the election of a Ukrainian pope.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

by .famvin | May 18, 2023 | Formation, News, Reflections

St. John’s University commemorated the passing of Sr. Margaret John Kelly, D.C. ’64G, ’67Ph.D., the founder and former Executive Director of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society.

Climate Change: An Update and a Response

by James R. Walters | May 18, 2023 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family at the U.N.

Since starting my work as the NGO Representative for the Sisters of Charity Federation at the United Nations at the start of the year, there is a plethora of justice issues that demand our attention.