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July 19, 1813: First Vows of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA

by Famvin Media Resources | July 19, 2024 | Formation, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments

On July 19, 1813, vows were pronounced for the first time by Elizabeth Ann Seton and 17 other Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s who adapted the vow formula of the French Daughters of Charity.

If Moccasins Could Speak!

by John Freund, CM | July 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Have you ever walked a mile in another’s moccasins? … in the moccasins of their sufferings?

Everyone Deserves a Home #famvin2024

by Jim Claffey | July 18, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation | 0 Comments

In only 6 years, from 2018 to 2023, the FAMVIN Homeless Alliance (FHA) has provided over 10,000 formerly homeless people with secure housing and access to other support services.

A Vincentian View: Francis de Sales

by Pat Griffin, CM | July 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac both held Saint Francis de Sales in high esteem.

The Church of Corinth – is the Past Prologue?

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

In “The Tempest,” Shakespeare wrote, “What’s past is prologue!” Antonio is rationalizing the past as setting the stage for their next act, as a prologue does in a play.

Reacting to New Ways of Thinking

by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

I don’t think I ever really appreciated how much of a radical change in thinking observant Jews were asked to make regarding their deeply held identity and beliefs. The Acts of the Apostles reveal the struggles to understand and accept a new way of thinking and living. It did not happen all at once.

“To Be Outside”: A “Spiritual” Experience!

by Denise El Khoury | Apr 30, 2019 | Formation

“Lazarus, come out! Jesus cried out (John 11, 43).” However, what does it mean “to be outside”?Summary of Mgr. Bruno-Marie DUFFÉ speech.

How Good it is to Help!

by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Apr 29, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Helping the poor is good for the one who helps, pleases God, fills us with blessings, fulfills the evangelical mission in a high degree of mercy…

Laudato Si’ and Homelessness

by Ewan Day-Collins | Apr 29, 2019 | Formation

One of the most important documents this century, Laudato si’ links climate change to poverty more powerfully than perhaps any previous assessment.

Feast of St. Gianna Beretta Molla: April 28

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 28, 2019 | Formation

Today is the feast day of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a modern-day Saint from Italy who was a member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as a young adult.

Life of Blessed Nemesia Valle

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 26, 2019 | Formation

Sr. Némésia Valle (Sisters of St. Joan Antida) was beatified on this date in 2004 by Pope St. John Paul II.

Recognizing Jesus in the Breaking of Bread … Today

by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

Perhaps for the first time, I asked myself why did the breaking of the bread open their eyes more than seeing and listening to Jesus along the road.

A Canadian View: Reconciliation (Part 2)

by Jim Paddon | Apr 25, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Part two of how reconciliation was used as the foundation of the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) commission.

The Experience of the Risen Christ in the Galilee of the Poor

by Alexande Nahass Franco, CM | Apr 24, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

To return to Galilee, the place of the pre-Easter follow-up, means to take up the story of Jesus, converting it into a new start and a new sense of life.

Achievement to Implementation

by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 24, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.

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