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RomeReportTV The pope visited a shelter that welcomes dozens of abandoned children, some of whom are sick or malnourished and shared with them how he prays. Cotonou’s Archbishop and the Mother Superior welcomed the pope, while children sang and danced for Benedict XVI. Another 800 people, many of them children, waited for the pope in [...]

Aidan Rooney points to this video as a practical introduction to the Liturgy of the Hours. It recaptures a 1600 year old tradition and  presents the necessity, urgency, and utility of praying the hours, with a demonstration of the Morning Prayer from Shane Claireborne’s “Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.” Some related resources: Brother [...]

Transitional Deacon Troy Schneider this month presented St. Vincent De Paul Church in Huntington Beach with its first icon – a piece that depicts St. Vincent walking with a child and carrying a baby in his arms. Schneider reminds us “Icons are always about prayer.” Be sure to click on the “Read More” link…

Cardinal Sean Brady (Ireland) is encouraging Christians across Ireland to use modern technology to form groups of prayer, to share petitions and build solidarity through this type of network according to a report on Zenit. For other ministry uses of media see comments on this weeks featured post. Related FAMVIN Posts:Pope tweeting during Lent Young [...]

The Vincentian Encyclopedia has posted in 5 languages the official prayer of the Vincentian Family in the context of its first campaign against hunger. Related FAMVIN Posts:Peanut Butter as a tool to end world hunger?VinMore Pinterest mobile resourcesVinFam Latin America / FAVILA 2012US Bishop’s First Friday fast for the world’s malnourishedCelebrating religious life by collecting [...]