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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.

Called to Holiness: New Wine, New Wineskins

by Mary Frances Jaster | Jan 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

MISEVI International is hosting an Extraordinary Assembly in Bogota, Colombia, April 10-13, 2024. Our theme, Called to Holiness: New Wine, New Wineskins, reflects not only the future of MISEVI, but also our rootedness in the Gospel.

Firewood for the Soul: Mirror Image

by Samantha Hill | Jan 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

A Vincentian Minute: Incarnation 04

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 31, 2023 | Formation

Fr. Rooney speaks about the Incarnation in Vincentian Spirituality. This week: Good News as a promise that needs to be kept.

See and Hear the Word Made Flesh

by Ross Dizon | Dec 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the Word made flesh and he is in our midst. Those who do not fail to see and hear him, and do what he says, turn into relatives of his. It looks like Jesus does not find it hard to see and hear folks tell him, “Your mother and brother are out there and want...

Five Vital Points • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Dec 30, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

"You should know, Sisters, that Our Lord willed to experience in His own person every kind of distress imaginable. The scriptural expression is that He willed to be regarded as a scandal to the Jews and a folly to the Gentiles (1 Cor 1:23) to show you that you can...

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Blessed Virgin Mary

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 29, 2023 | Formation

New presentation featuring selections from the writings of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Nunc Dimitis: The Christmas Song of Simeon

by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Dec 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

St. Luke concludes the good news of Christ’s birth with this beautiful canticle of Simeon, which traditionally is called as Nunc Dimitis; “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you...

Homes in the Kingdom of Heaven

by Ross Dizon | Dec 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is like us in all things but sin. He is not a stranger to the joys, sorrows, light and glory that our homes know. They say that tough times bring out the best and the worst in us and, of course, in our homes. In the face of crises and uncertainties, some folks...

Sending (Isaiah, 61; 1 Thessalonians, 5)

by Tom McKenna, CM | Dec 27, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Have you ever been “sent on a Mission?” – picked out and entrusted with something to say or do?

Message for the World Day of Peace – 1 January 2024

by .famvin | Dec 27, 2023 | Formation

In his Message for the 57th World Day of Peace, to be celebrated on 1 January 2024, Pope Francis made an urgent appeal to the whole world for an ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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