FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

A 3 minute meditative reflection, Veni, Veni Emmauel is the most prominent change on their recently updated website.

“Vincentian Themes of Advent” features excerpts from prominent Vincentians such as former Superiors General Maloney and Gay. Read Fr. Gay’s 2009 Advent letter. See also past posts on Advent related themes such as “An Advent of Systemic Change.”

This Christmas, especially in this time of Advent, I’d like to focus on it being a time of bringing back the true meaning of Christmas and purifying our attitudes with regard to what we are really about in this most significant liturgical time of our Christian faith.  It is about the birth of God into [...]

The SVDP blog from All Souls parish features a reflection based on Fr. Maloney’s Advent reflections.

In his recent Advent letter Fr. Gregory Gay aked us to focus on the theme “There was no room in the inn.” It would seem natural for the followers of Vincent and Louise to use a well done series of advent daily reflections (pdf) focused the rights of children on the occasion of the 20th [...]

During Advent, famvin.org is pleased to have the opportunity to present short media presentations by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change.
For this first week of Advent, Fr Bob Maloney, CM describes “what so many in the Family are already trying to do” in The Notion of Systemic Change. He describes the [...]

The concept behind the Advent Conpiracy (now in its third year) is simple: Worship Fully. Spend Less. Give More. Love All. See their website for various resources aimed at making Christmas the world changing event the first Christmas was. You can share your story there as well.

“And there was no room for them.”… This Advent, my brothers and sisters, I would ask us to reflect on this concept of no room left for them, no room left for others, no room.