’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.
Reflections
A Closer Walk (John 2:13-25)
by Tom McKenna, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Early in St. John’s gospel, we see Jesus resolutely striding into the outer courtyard of the Jerusalem Temple, a space bordering on what the Jewish people acknowledged to be God’s own Dwelling place.
“Real Families”
by John Freund, CM | March 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In my active years of helping families, I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
Contemplation: A Friend of a Friend – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | March 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Deny, Slap, Beat, Crucify Jesus
by Ross Dizon | March 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Contemplation: To You Alone – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org To offer the benefit of the doubt is to assume the best of somebody even...
Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah, Good Shepherd
by Ross Dizon | Apr 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah. Yet he lords over no one; he serves and is the Good Shepherd who gives...
A Canadian View: Homelessness – Why Should We Care? What Can We Do?
by Jim Paddon | Nov 2, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
I think we are all aware of the increasing number of homeless women, men and children in our communities, whether large cities or smaller rural towns and villages.
Echoes (Luke 12:35-38)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
I’ve always had a liking for country music. One of the special effects its singers use is what might be called echoing.
Unfinished Family Business?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Have you had someone close to you die? One with whom you had unfinished business?
Slaves in the Same Way as Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Oct 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus takes the form a slave and becomes like us. We who seek to follow him are to become lowly slaves in the same way that he is. For us who try to be and live as Jesus, to be first means to be slaves (Mk 10, 43-45). And today’s gospel teaches the same lesson. ...
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 28
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Empathy or Sympathy
by Confraternity of Vincentians on the Frontier/Diaspora | Oct 30, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
During a recent meeting of our Confraternity, (the Confraternity of Vincentians on the Frontier/Diaspora), we shared some information about the latest social events in Guatemala and our involvement in them as Vincentians.
Lastly… Simplicity! • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Oct 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"I’m well aware that people think of simplicity in general as truth or purity of intention: truth, because it sees that our thoughts conform to the words and other signs by which we express them; purity of intention, because it makes all our acts of virtue tend...
NATO As No Action – Talk Only
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In this Mindwalk, I would like to explore this alternate definition of the acronym usually associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Video – The Saint and the Duchess: Collaboration at the Heart of Vincentian Heritage
by .famvin | Oct 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Bronwen McShea, scholar of 17th century religious and political history, presents “The Saint and the Duchess: Collaboration at the Heart of Vincentian Heritage.”