It was a moment I think most of us dreaded. In the later stages of formation some 60 years ago I remember hearing the words “Mr. Freund please.”
Reflections
A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Three
I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Three discusses (systemic) racism.
Ready to See (Luke 3:1-6; Phil 1:9-10)
What the teacher had done was prepare him to see. She had given him a way to notice more of what was there.
The Link that Binds Two Hearts • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. But today we invite you to do...
Louise de Marillac: We are all Born with a Vocation
“I believe, Monsieur, that the return [of this young lady] will have greatly dampened the enthusiasm of any candidates wishing to join us. Great courage and steadfastness are essential in order to persevere here because we are bound only by obedience and are often...
#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 Reflection and challenge: There are people all around us that hide their suffering: from poverty, from...
Unchain The Word Through Memory
Unchaining The Word Through Memory One short sentence in Paul’s letter to Timothy (2 Tim 2: 10) caught my attention right off, “The word of God is not chained.” Paul himself is in chains, and it’s the contrast here that’s striking him. The Word of God is the opposite...
Going Beyond Rigged Cycles
VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
Guest Asking for Justice and Love
The Son of the most holy God becomes flesh and stays at our house as a guest who saves. He wants us to repent. Jesus teaches that it will be difficult for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God. The Pharisees, for their part, consider tax collectors sinners that...
Vincentians Look up to God – Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy
Vincentians Look up to God - Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy - What We Do, Affects Our Future - Vincentians are Called to Be Disciples Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Look up to God When we go on home visits, we bow down before God before we go...
St. Vincent on How to Conclude Well the Jubilee Year
On October 15, 1641, St. Vincent gave a conference to the sisters on the significance of jubilee year and the means of gaining treasures of God’s mercy in the jubilee year (The Conferences of St. Vincent, By Joseph Leonard C.M, Vol. I. 7). As we are about to conclude...
How am I Doing Living the Works of Mercy?
A famous New York mayor made this question his trademark... "How am I doing?" It is also the Vincentian Question as we draw near to the end of the Year of Mercy. November 20, 2016 will mark the formal end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis began the year with...
