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It Is Better to Do Little than to Do Nothing • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | August 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Representatives of the people, Do not say that you lack inspiration. [...] We do not ignore the obstacles or the rivalries, nor the imperfections that stop each project and that perpetuate the debates. But we have never seen that great powers were instituted by easy...

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Notes On the Assumption of Mary

by Famvin Media Resources | August 16, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments

“In a sweeping reflection on the feast of the Assumption in 1813, she traced the special blessings Mary received through the stages of motherhood…”

Frogs, Canaries and Pope Francis

by John Freund, CM | August 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

We have often heard the stories of the lessons we can learn from frogs and canaries. Now they can help us understand why Pope Francis invited us to join a month-long celebration with the world’s 2.2 billion Christians.

Synodality: A Shared Path with the Poor at the Heart of the Church #famvin2024

by .famvin | August 15, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation | 0 Comments

The article entitled “The Poor in a Synodal Church” by Juan Pablo García Maestro, OSST, discusses the importance of synodality in the Church and how it should focus especially on the poor.

A Vincentian View: Running the Good Race

by Pat Griffin, CM | August 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

As we take pleasure in watching the Olympic Games in these weeks, the images of Paul take on a particular character.

“Renewal of Vincentian Spirituality” Part 3

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 3, 2022 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

This is the third in a series of presentations based on the article The Revitalization of Vincentian Spirituality, by John P. Prager, CM. Download PPT Download...

July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 1, 2022 | Formation

In February of 1791, three missionaries including Fr. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., departed for China.

Listening to Sounds in the ER

by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

I write this Vincentian Mindwalk fresh from an unplanned 24 hours in our local hospital.

Accompanying Refugees

by Magdalena Herrera, DC | Jun 30, 2022 | Formation

Sister Magdalena Herrera, DC offered her shocking testimony on the work of the Daughters of Charity of the Province of Spain-South, accompanying vulnerable women who come to the “Alma Vincentiana” Project”

Advance Notice (Lk. 10:1-2)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

When breaking into any new territory, organizations send out what is known as an advance team.

Who Are the Wise People In Your Life?

by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Hopefully, you are blessed to have some wise people in your life!

Laborers of the Lord of the Harvest

by Ross Dizon | Jun 28, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

God’s Anointed and Sent One is here. And with him comes great harvest. That is why there is need for not a few laborers. God hears those who pray and ask, “May there be plenty of grain in the land. May it sway on the peaks of the mountains.” But, of course, to...