![Longing for Belonging … Parish Possibilities](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/congregation-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Longing for Belonging … Parish Possibilities
Belonging is “the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group.”
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A Greater Love: Facing Lent with Mother Seton and Saint Scholastica
As Lent approaches, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Scholastica remind us to examine our hearts and prioritize and cultivate a fervent desire for God.
![A Vincentian View: The Eucharist and Vatican II](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/fr-griffin-reflections.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian View: The Eucharist and Vatican II
Each year I select a theme that gives direction to one/some of the programs that I organize at St. John’s University.
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Perfect as Our Father in Heaven
Jesus, who is in the bosom of the Father and knows him up close, shows us the divine face. He wants us to be perfect as our Father. It is quite clear what it means to be perfect as our Father in heaven: to go beyond what the law and the prophets command and forbid. ...
![Connecting Dots: Lent, Valentine’s Day, and Systemic Change](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/Lent-Valentine-Systemic-Change.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Connecting Dots: Lent, Valentine’s Day, and Systemic Change
At first glance, it may seem like quite a stretch to connect Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, and Systemic Change. But hear me out. Actually, it is not that hard.
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Valentine’s Day and the Love That Never Fails
The love between spouses is a mirror of God’s enduring love for us. Few examples of such love are more poignant than Elizabeth Ann Seton’s tender care for her dying husband William during their long quarantine in a damp lazaretto after their journey to Italy.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Contemporary Art 16
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of St. Vincent de Paul as portrayed by a contemporary artist.
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Vincentian Voices Network
I would like to invite Famvin members to consider joining this group through our Facebook page.
![Lenten Letter 2023 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2023/02/lent-letter-2033-fb.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Lenten Letter 2023 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family
Rome, 13 February 2023 “Making our families and communities a foretaste of heaven” Dear members of the Vincentian Family Movement, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! From the creation of the world, God wished that not a single human being would live...
![A Vincentian Minute: Windows on Saint Vincent’s Vision (Part 13)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/11/rooney-windows-1-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Vincentian Minute: Windows on Saint Vincent’s Vision (Part 13)
In this series Fr. Rooney explores Fr. Jack Melito, CM’s inquiries into the experiences that shaped Vincent de Paul’s life.