Reflections

How Can You See … But Not See?

by John Freund, CM | July 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments

The quick answer is… find a pair of rose-colored glasses.

Loaves and Fish of the Poor for the Poor

by Ross Dizon | July 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the answer in full that the Father gives to our prayers. And we poor people ask him to give us this day our daily loaves of bread. Jesus draws many people due to the signs he has performed for the sick. But he seems to draw more people after going up on the...

Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? III

by John Freund, CM | July 20, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Vincent’s inner experience of the divine… what was its texture, shape, and direction?

Migration Pandemic

by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | July 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 6 Comments

Well as you all know the pandemic has giving us what I call a “migrating experience.” Some of us have had to move from our workspaces to home spaces and create a job atmosphere.

Can one word change the world? Yes!

by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Today I would like to explore the “annunciation” of the greatest change in human thinking. Mary’s yes changed HER world … and OUR world!

Palpable, Touchable, Visible, True

by Ross Dizon | Apr 19, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus makes palpable God, whom no one has seen or touched. True disciples do not rest till their Teacher is palpable...

Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXiX

by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 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.

Reflection: the Coming of Jesus Into the World

by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Make this winter season a time of peaceful reflection.

January: a USA season of protests #IamVincent

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 7, 2018 | News, Reflections

January brings a new year, and renewed attention to continuing social issues in the United States: Abortion, Women's rights, racism. DACA is still under siege. Why should Vincentians be present? A reflection by Colorado Vincentian Volunteer alumna and Vincentian Lay...

Beyond “Gift Guilt” – the Magi and St. Vincent de Paul

by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

In the ancient world, gifts were rarely exchanged between people of unequal status.

The Pope Video • Religious Minorities in Asia – January 2018

by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 6, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections

This month, the Pope asks us to pray for the Religious Minorities in Asia -- Let us pray for all of them, so that Christians, and other religious minorities in Asian countries, may be able to practice their faith in full freedom. [youtube...

A Vincentian View: Keeping in the Heart

by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Vincentian View: Keeping in the Heart Some of my friends can be categorized as falling into one of two groups. In one are those people who keep everything and who are not particularly concerned with organization. Their desks are piled high with books and magazines...

Moses, Soup Kitchens and Politics

by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2018 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections

Now here’s a thought! “If Moses acted like most clergy he would have gone down to the slave camps of Egypt and opened a food pantry. If Moses would have done that we never would have heard of Moses.” The sentence caught my attention. Just substitute "many in the...

Authentic Face of God and Religion

by Ross Dizon | Jan 2, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus reveals the invisible God. Jesus’ true brothers and sisters, then, cannot but reveal the authentic face of God and religion. The Only-Begotten Son is the exact image of the invisible God who dwells in unapproachable light. He lives eternally and intimately...

Sr. Inés Hosken, DC: The Joy of Being Close to God

by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 1, 2018 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections

Who is not confused by the reality of death? Who feels at ease before the inevitable outcome of earthly life? Even today, in the morning Office, the prophet echoed the terrifying realism of an agonizing anguish: "Sheol does not praise you nor does Death glorify you,...