Ancestry.com has some 30 Billion memories! These memories or historical records were valued at $4.7 billion in December 2020! Who knew?
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by Sister Susan J. Smolinsky, SC | March 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
The article and photo are by Sister Susan Smolinsky, a Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax. She serves as a county jail chaplain in New York.
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Sister Cora Caeli, S.V. introduces us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
by Tom McKenna, CM | March 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
In a Lukan parable, Jesus uses the image of “storing,” accumulating and building up a certain quality inside one’s heart.
by John Freund, CM | March 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Ancestry.com has some 30 Billion memories! These memories or historical records were valued at $4.7 billion in December 2020! Who knew?
by Ross Dizon | Oct 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Son of Man, has come to seek and to save what is lost. No, there are no lost cases for him. St. Luke tells...
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 3, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
As we gather around the table of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday to celebrate the giving of his Body and Blood for us, we would do well to reflect on what it is we’re sharing in.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2019 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change
Reading our “declaration of independence” can serve as an examination of conscience on the struggles in living out this declaration over the two and a half centuries since then.
by Ross Dizon | Jul 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus tells us to go on our way. He sends us like lambs among wolves, proclaiming that the kingdom of God is at hand and bearing his marks. Mission marks the followers of Jesus. He sends the Twelve (Lk 9, 1-6), but also seventy-two others. So, Jesus...
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Jul 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
At the same time that we achieve “unity in diversity,” another unfoldment automatically takes place: the search for holiness.
by Mary Frances Jaster, CVV | Jul 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Two stories from Colorado Vincentian Volunteers: “Be Still” by Mary Adamand a digital story by Maggie Loughran.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Contemplation can be cultivated in many ways that don’t require a monastic, solitary, silent approach. St. Vincent shows us to pray in a different and more concrete way.
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jun 26, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
The sign of the cross enables us to confess our belief in our Triune God in a regular though sometimes forgetful manner.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 26, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
We can learn from Pope Francis how little things can be so significant in a “culture of encounter.”
by Ross Dizon | Jun 25, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus steadfastly makes up his mind to carry out fully his mission. To follow him steadfastly to the end is what it means to be a Christian.