Reflections

Slovakian Missionaries Visit the New MISEVI Indigenous Mission in Soloy, Panama

by Jana Buffová and Inka Königová | September 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Over the course of two weeks in August, three lay missionaries and a Vincentian priest from Slovakia visited us at the Soloy mission in Panama.

Can You Believe What the Pope Said About Old Age?

by John Freund, CM | September 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Six months ago, Pope Francis began a 16-part reflection on old age by asking the Holy Spirit to help us understand and appreciate the great contribution that the elderly can make to a just and fraternal society.

A Vincentian View: Embracing the Truth

by Pat Griffin, CM | August 31, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

This past weekend contained the “moving-in” days at St. John’s.

Are You Looking Up… or Around You?

by John Freund, CM | August 31, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

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

A picture of polarization today?

by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Polarization is not new.

Visions of a Better Future of Glory

by Ross Dizon | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he was a servant and obeyed to death on the...

‘They Possess God’: Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole

by Lisa Lickona | Feb 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.

Trinity – From Puzzle To Be Solved To Model To Be Lived

by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.

The Pope’s Ambulance

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Jun 4, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

Donating an ambulance dedicated to serving the medical emergencies of the homeless is but the latest expression of his sensitivity to their needs.

Reaching Across (1 Samuel:20)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Especially in these fractious times, how to move more toward unity rather than separation? How to help others to see past tightly held identity markers?

Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest

by John Freund, CM | Jun 3, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change

“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II

Be Love to Know God Who Is Love

by Ross Dizon | Jun 2, 2020 | Formation, Reflections

Out of love, Jesus lays down his life for us sinners. No one, then, loves us more. He is the best proof that to be God is to be love. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. “Night” may mean he seeks light. Is he wrestling with “to be or not to be?” A question of salvation...

Vincentian Prayer Images: The Cries of the Poor Then and Now

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