Teachers can’t expect to have a student as exceptional as St. Thomas Aquinas, but both Albertus Magnus and Mother Seton understood that every teacher can create “masterpieces” by forming students in Christ’s image.
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by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The sacrifice in overcoming your obstacles will lead you to become a beacon of hope for others.
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Halfway through our 2022 Lenten Series, we return to Father Aidan Rooney, C.M. to reflect on what we’ve seen so far. Ask yourself how you’ve related to our stories. What have you learned?
by John Freund, CM | March 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mom, Where Did I Come From? Most mothers expect the question. But sometimes the words do not mean what she thinks they mean
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 24, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Sometimes starting over means dealing with the loss of a loved one.
by Tom Hoopes | Nov 17, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Teachers can’t expect to have a student as exceptional as St. Thomas Aquinas, but both Albertus Magnus and Mother Seton understood that every teacher can create “masterpieces” by forming students in Christ’s image.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
As with all literature, there are many words in the Scriptures that need interpretation, that second look to get at their more underlying meaning.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
I wondered what “wandering art gallery eyes” might mean; I often find intriguing insights in the French Catholic periodical La Croix.
by John Freund, CM | Sep 6, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
A new Cardinal in the mold of St. Vincent de Paul Imagine a parish that has 100,000 people in 53 distinct communities... and 3000 trained ministers! St. Michael Archangel Parish is not an imaginary parish. It has a membership of 100,000 people in 53 distinct...
by Pat Griffin, CM | Sep 4, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
I find a very Vincentian spirit in Labor Day. From the beginning, Louise and Vincent were serious about being hard workers themselves and promoting the ability to work among the poor whom they served.
by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change
Did you know how Vincentian Family members who set the stage and later advised Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 landmark statement of catholic social teaching “Rerum Novarum” (New Things)?
by Ross Dizon | Sep 3, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ is our one Teacher. Those who do not stop learning from him, following him on the way of the cross, are truly his disciples. Great crowds travel with Jesus. But quality matters to him more than quantity. He wants disciples who do not only go with him but...
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Sep 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Many Vincentians can study and know the foundations of the Social Doctrine of the Church when they participate in formation meetings.
by Jessica Werner, VLM-USA | Sep 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
In July, nine men and women from VLM-USA traveled to Africa to work in communities in Jimma, Ethiopia, and Thigio, Kenya.
by John Freund, CM | Aug 30, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Maybe it is true… “the more things change, the more they stay the same”! But the Gospel continues to challenge us.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Aug 28, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
“But anything you do to ‘gather together all your sisters and brothers from all the nations,’ brings with it entrance into the Kingdom of God.”
by John Freund, CM | Aug 28, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Vincent and Louise, Frederick, and indeed all the great figures of our Vincentian heritage, were not afraid to ask what has become known as the Vincentian question, “What must be done?”