Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking.
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by John Freund, CM | February 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Can we recognize ourselves as modern “passers-by”?
by Joetta Venneman | February 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
World Day of the sick is February 11. Started by Pope John Paul II, it is a way for believers to offer prayers for those suffering illnesses and their caregivers.
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | February 11, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 0 Comments
Arts help calling people to prayer, commissioning a special requiem Mass and holding a series of fundraisers via Zoom to help the homeless.
by Tom McKenna, CM | February 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Job has the well-deserved reputation as a complainer. Throwing up his hands, he whines to God, “How long is this misery going to lasts, this drudgery, these troubled nights.” (Job 7:1-7)
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Sometimes it seems that everybody wants to change our way of thinking.
by Ross Dizon | Dec 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is born on the outskirts of Bethlehem, in a shelter for animals in bad weather. There, yes, is where to find...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The poor and rich, the weak and the powerful are one and the same flesh of humanity…
by John Freund, CM | Nov 5, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
John Allen pens an article entitled, A reminder that this Jesuit pope is also highly Franciscan. As always, I find his reflections thoughtful. Yes, Pope Francis is a Jesuit to his core, from his spirituality to his leadership style, and that's especially clear now as...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Nov 4, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Monsieur, I am taking the liberty of writing to you to let you know how things are going in the matter concerning my son. I would like to say that the whole thing is a great affliction for me, but as a Christian I must embrace the scorn which normally accompanies...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 3, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
To say #IamVincent means to live a life of virtue. Actually, it means to live a life of five essential virtues. Fr. Santiago Azcarate, CM, Religious Advisor to the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Spain, has written, Virtue can be seen as the crystallization of good...
by Pat Griffin, CM | Nov 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “Beginning with Mercy” As it has for many of you, this “Year of Mercy” has provided many blessings in my life. The privilege of preaching and presenting on mercy has enabled and demanded that I spend some time reflecting on what this virtue means...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
have we forgotten perhaps about the valuable resource sitting in our classrooms today?
by Ross Dizon | Nov 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the resurrection and the life. That is why we should not lose hope. Some Sadducees try to show that, in view of levirate marriage, belief in the resurrection is absurd. In rebuttal, Jesus unmasks their lack of logic and their ignorance. First, he rejects...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Oct 31, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentians Living God’s Will - Vincentians Live the Beatitudes – Vincentians are Good, Unique and Beautiful Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Living God's Will If we want to please our good God of Mercy, we should not look so much to what we want today,...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Oct 30, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
One of Fr. Thomas McKenna's previous articles on .famvin titled, “Memories of Mercy,” narrates a beautiful story from the French novel, Les Miserables, Les Mis. It’s about Jean Valjean, and the life he leads in the very turbulent times of 19th Century France. The...
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 30, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
A few years ago, my sister-in-law told me about the changes in the classroom of my nephews, their activities and all those little things that helps children learn to socialize. Thus, among other stories, she told me this of my little niece, 5 years old then, facing...