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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.

Where’s the piccolo?

by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

Systemic change does not just happen. It takes the collaboration of many people with different gifts. Each of us has a role in the chorus.

The Poor Have Much to Teach Us #3

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation

Video can be a good way for the poor to teach us. Monica, over at vinformation, suggests that we watch and ponder… and the poor will teach us.

Repent and Believe in the Gospel

by Ross Dizon | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus, though without sin, embodies what it means to repent. He calls us to preach repentance and become the visible and effective sign of what we preach. Jesus begins his public ministry, proclaiming: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the...

Parish Becomes Intercultural

by Sr. Tracy Kemme | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

4,800 miles. That's how far our Guatemalan parishioners traveled from their villages to get to Cincinnati. Each of those miles meant stepping further away from their families and homeland, and closer to an uncertain future in a strange country. And yet they kept...

St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., Martyr

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 8, 2018 | Formation

Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. (Feast Day: July 9) went to China as a missionary in 1791.

Advocacy Connection: Standing in Support of DREAMers

by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

At the National Assembly in Kansas City on September 9, 2017, the Ladies of Charity of the United States of America adopted a resolution to stand with DREAMers as they seek a permanent solution to their "lack of status" in the US. The young people we are...

A Sacramental Imagination

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility...

The Pope Video • Priests and Their Pastoral Ministry

by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 7, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections

This month, the Pope asks us to pray that priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Pope Francis - July 2018 [youtube...