Your time spent as a volunteer will have a big impact upon you and upon others. Here are some questions to help you reflect.
Colorado Vincentian Volunteers
God’s Timing
by Patrick Kluesner, CVV 17 | August 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Gift of Vulnerability: Everyone Has a Story
by Humberto Camarena, CVV 14 | July 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees.
COVIVO Blind Cafe Reflections #5
by Colorado Vincentian Volunteers | June 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Colorado Vincentian Volunteers had the pleasure of hosting The Blind Café Experience for about 70 of our incredible #CVVAlum and current volunteers. It was a powerful evening of dinner in the dark, rich conversation, an active music listening experience, and of course, lots of companionship.
The Gift of Community: A Letter to a Future Volunteer
by Erin Casey-DaCosta, CVV 16 | June 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Savor the good times, and yes, even the challenging times. Community is absolutely incredible, and so much more than a simple definition could ever capture.
God’s Timing
by Patrick Kluesner, CVV 17 | Aug 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
When I think back before I started CVV, it was not what I had pictured myself doing after college. I am a planner and...
The Gift of Vulnerability: Everyone Has a Story
by Humberto Camarena, CVV 14 | Jul 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees.
Colorado Vincentian Volunteers on the March
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 17, 2018 | News, Other Branch News
Once again, CVV was humbled to participate the Denver's Marade (nope, that's not a typo!) and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. What a powerful time to come together as a Denver community committed to justice for all. There is still work to be done!...
We can’t wait to hear about their adventures! #IAMVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
CVV23-ers (a.k.a., Colorado Vincentian Volunteers) Christin, Allison, Lauren, and Cassady had the incredible opportunity to spend the past 4 days living and working alongside the Sisters of Charity in New Orleans. It looks like they had a blast and enjoyed learning...
Called By Name #VincentiansofWherever #IamVincent
by Katie Kerr, CVV 13 | Jan 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
“The measure of our compassion lies not in our service to those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship. And that means the decided movement towards awe and giant steps away from judgement.” -Greg Boyle, SJ A few weeks ago, I walked into a...
God With Us
by Maura Martin, CVV 10 | Dec 14, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
An Advent reflection, I can do that. It will be beautiful; all starlight and inspiration. I clear my plans for the evening, no record keeping, grading or lesson planning, no dishes or laundry. Inspiration needs quiet and time and putting the ‘to do’ list to the side....
Living Fully
by Tara Williams, CVV | Oct 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Tribute to the “Pioneers” – Dan Paulus and Amy Rupiper Taggart As I sit here and write this, I look out my window on this sunny day appreciating all of God’s wonders. It is a quiet day for me. I have the day off of work and my children are at school. I have the...
Fruits of the Earth
by Kristen Gittinger, CVV 21 | Oct 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Lettuce, peas, green beans, kale (…so much kale), parsley, carrots, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, struggling eggplants, spiders, weeds, bees, killdeer bird eggs, and butterflies — all of these find a home in my 10×10 community garden plot. Although I watched my mother...
The Pile of Rocks: A Camino Reflection
by Chris Morgan, CVV 18 | Aug 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I picked up a rock from the shore of Lake Superior to leave on a mountain in the north of Spain. That’s normal, right? This wasn’t just any rock. It was the most-perfect skipping rock, and though Lake Superior produces many skipping rocks, this one fit my hand just...
Vincentians of Wherever • Shiny Distractions
by Joel Cassady, CVV ’11 | Jul 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Last summer and fall, we were fortunate to get several visits from my wife’s brother and his girlfriend. They would come through town often en route to various destinations around the country where they could visit national parks, climb, fly fish, and enjoy the...
Unbreakable: Vincentians of Wherever
by Cathryn Dutton, CVV ’18 | Jul 13, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I composed this poem thinking about the ties to service and those less fortunate that my service with CVV instilled in me. There are so many things in the world that try to pull us out of our purpose of being companions on the journey and so many circumstances in the...