Each year at St. John’s University we celebrate Founder’s Week from September 20-27.
Reflections
An Extraordinary Assembly
by Mary Frances Jaster | May 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Some words that come to mind to describe our experience of the assembly: enlivening, challenging, engaging, hospitable, surprising, interesting, fulfilling, energizing, necessary, healing, messy, faithful, providential, joyful, prayerful, synodal.
Firewood for the Soul: The Candle Stick
by Samantha Hill | May 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
Defending our Beliefs and Loving our Adversaries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Doing the Dishes
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
Have You Tried Praying the News?
by John Freund, CM | Sep 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Have you heard the expression “Pray with the bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other?”
Doubt the Quick “Yes” that We Say
by Ross Dizon | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the firstborn from among those who do what is true and come to the light, so that there is no doubt that...
A Polarized Church – Then and Now
by John Freund, CM | May 6, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Often, history can be boring. It seems little connected to our lives. That is unless it is our history!
A Canadian View: What are Nature’s Laws?
by Jim Paddon | May 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The laws of Indigenous Peoples around the world are often referred to as “Nature’s Laws.”
Recounting Grace (Luke 24:35)
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
“They recounted how…he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”
Jesus Drew the Best Out of Ordinary People
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The Jerusalem stockbrokers would not have been very interested in Jesus’ leadership team. They liked the way rabbis were picked from among the most promising.
Mind and Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | May 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus and the Father are one and of one mind and heart. And to be a Christian means to have Christ’s mind and heart. Jesus walks about in the temple area on Solomon’s Porch or Colonnade. It is a place many people go to, especially in winter. For there, due to a...
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXXI
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
One of the reasons for Saint Vincent de Paul to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church is his style of living his vocation. Each week we will present an example.
Collaboration to Respond to the Crisis in Ukraine
by Fr. Stephen Monaghan, CM | May 2, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Formation, Reflections
Here is a little example of how the Vincentian Family has worked together in a collaborative way to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.
An Undervalued Gift
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Let me share an image of myself as an immature child at Christmas with an undervalued gift.
When is $500 per month more than $3,000?
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 28, 2022 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
Cynthia Griffith, writing for Invisible People, backed up this “new math.”