Reflections

What Is It like At a Papal Audience?

by John Freund, CM | December 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

When I was growing up there was a wonderful series on that still new medium … television.

Advent Social Justice Conversations Through the Lens of Charity

by Carol De Angelo, SC | December 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

As we journey together, I invite us to “see,” seek, and sink our Charity roots this Advent into a deeper appreciation and celebration of…

A Vincentian View: The Holy Name of Jesus

by Pat Griffin, CM | December 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 4 Comments

From the earliest days of my Catholic education, the good School Sisters of Notre Dame taught my young schoolmates and me to bow our heads when we said the name “Jesus.”

Whatever Became of Sin… and Compassion?

by John Freund, CM | December 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 2 Comments

Compassion literally means “to suffer together.”

Heavens Tell the Story of God

by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

What does it mean that Mary is the Queen of Creation?

The Treasures’s Location (Hebrews 11:1-19; Lk. 12:32-48)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Aug 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

“For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Lk 12:34)These words of Jesus shine a light on what it is that a given society values — what it treasures most, what tops its list of things most sought after?

Advent Letter 2018 to the Vincentian Family, by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM

by Javier F. Chento | Nov 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

In this year's Advent letter, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, 24th successor of St. Vincent, invites us to delve into the example of St. Vincent de Paul, addressing one of the main sources in which Vincent drank as a mystic of Charity, the daily prayer: "He urged all the groups...

Kingship That Jesus Christ Wishes for All of Us

by Ross Dizon | Nov 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus Christ is King. But his kingship, the one he wants to share with us, is not just like any other. For it does not come from this world. Those who make up the Sanhedrin bring Jesus before Pilate. One of the charges they bring against Jesus is that he keeps...

Pope Francis’ Annual Day of the Poor and the Heart of St. Vincent

by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

There must be a big smile in St. Vincent’s heart! When Pope Francis pours out his heart about the meaning of the annual World Day of the Poor his words resonate with themes close to the heart of Vincent.

November 18: Second World Day of the Poor

by Eduardo Marques Almeida | Nov 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

“This poor man called, and the Lord heard him” (Psalms 34,7) What a great idea of Pope Francis to set one Sunday a year for us to reflect on the situation of the Poor! In his message for this day, the Holy Father seems to make a reflection for the Vincentian Family....

Is Your Sight Growing Stronger with Age?

by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

It took Vincent until midlife to begin to see clearly. By the end of his life. seeing Christ in the beggar was not merely poetry.

Youth in the SSVP: a Future that is Already Present

by Lucas Rafael Oliveira de Vergilio | Nov 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Among the main clichés, popular sayings or phrases of common sense heard or read in Brazil are: "The friend is for those things," "The union is strength," "It is better to prevent than cure" and the classic "Brazil is the country of soccer." What stands out, in the...

A Vincentian View: The Wisdom of Widows

by Pat Griffin, CM | Nov 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

One can easily discern the thinking of the authors of the Lectionary in bringing together the two stories which were proclaimed on this past Sunday. We heard two tales about widows and unmatched generosity. I cannot help but to be drawn to Jesus’ telling...