In these very endearing dates, the .famvin team wishes you a happy and blessed Christmas.
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by John Freund, CM | October 6, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Been in a conversation where someone missed your point? I certainly have. I have, more times than I care to admit, been the one who missed the point.
by Jim Paddon | October 5, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The term social justice can mean different to different people. It can also leave us confused on exactly what it is or is not.
by Tom McKenna, CM | October 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
There’s an ancient (1964!) song entitled “More Than”– More than the greatest love the world has known/ this is the love I give to you alone.”
by John Freund, CM | October 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In speaking to the newest group of Cardinals, Pope Francis reminds them … and us… of an often-ignored passage from the Acts of the Apostles.
by .famvin | Dec 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In these very endearing dates, the .famvin team wishes you a happy and blessed Christmas.
by Ross Dizon | Dec 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is little and poor. We are to go and see and live his being little and poor, so that we may be clean and free...
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Dec 23, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"One thing you may find very helpful is to call to mind the virtues of your Sisters who have died, which were very...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Many of us wear glasses. Others may need glasses to read. But that’s not the seeing I am asking about. I am asking how many of us see beyond the facts in front of us.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For all of us who have been through the pandemic, we know first-hand how disease and sickness have a way of separating us, how they can isolate and cut us off from the rest of life.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Have you ever watched time-lapse photography of the amazing process of a flower blooming or a moth becoming a butterfly?
by Ross Dizon | Oct 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus it is who teaches us by word and by deed to give to God the right thanks that we owe him for the gifts we freely receive. The Samaritan, who sees that he is free of leprosy and goes back to give Jesus thanks, breaks the mold. For he is a foreigner that Jews...
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
by MISEVI Mexico | Oct 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ and Saint Vincent, we would like to share a little of what was our IV National Assembly of MISEVI, Mexico.
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 2, 2022 | Formation
In this series Fr. Rooney explores the Values of Vincentian Education proposed by Daughter of Charity Sr. Louise Sullivan.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 30, 2022 | Formation
Fr. Alvaro Quevedo Patarroyo, C.M. gives us food for thought in his article "Saint Vincent, Priest of Charity at the Service of the Poor: Caring for Spiritual and Temporal Needs" (Vincentiana: Vol. 44 : No. 3, Article 6.) [slideshare...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The TV coverage of the Queen’s funeral allowed us to see the inside of Westminster Abbey from many angles. The Abbey is rich in history and could tell many stories.