Formation
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.
Contemplation: The Way to Peace
by Tim Williams | July 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
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Future, Past, and Present: A Science Fiction Parable
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We see so little of God’s creation! Yet we still think of our world as the center of creation, our culture as the model for all cultures.
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Synodality in the History of the Church #famvin2024
by .famvin | Jul 25, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation
Synodality in the Catholic Church refers to a style of living and institutional functioning that reflects a form of communion and cooperation within the ecclesial community.
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The God of Creation
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.
Ideals, Facts, Utopia, Reality
by Ross Dizon | Jun 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is God-with-us, which means he is Love-with-us.
Vincentian Places 10, 11 and 12 – Île-de-France, Champagne, and Picardy
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 4, 2024 | Formation
With other volunteer priests, Vincent gave missions in the villages belonging to the De Gondi family, in the Île-de-France, Champagne, and Picardy regions of France.
A Vincentian Heart
by Mary Frances Jaster | Jun 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
An Interview with Gina Paredes from the Dominican Republic
Firewood for the Soul: Who is my Family?
by Samantha Hill | Jun 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
The God Minute: Song About Gratitude
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 2, 2024 | Formation
Music video about an attitude that Jesus himself modeled time and time again and St. Paul said was the key to heaven: Gratitude.
The Privilege of Serving the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Those who have the privilege of distributing the public help [...] go, for instance, to the twelfth arrondissement, one of the strongholds of the insurrection, and out of about ninety thousand inhabitants they find eight thousand families inscribed on the list of the...
Announcing the Good News of Salvation in the Footsteps of Saint Vincent
by Famvin Media Resources | May 31, 2024 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
This presentation, based on a talk by Fr. Emeric Amyot d’Inville, C.M., was addressed to the Congregation of the Mission but could be applicable to any branch of the Vincentian Family involved in teaching and sharing our faith.
Re-evaluating Your Childhood Beliefs
by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I would be surprised if you haven’t re-evaluated some of your childhood beliefs.
How Mother Seton Teaches Us About the Gift of God Himself
by Danielle Bean | May 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton believed in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist even before she was fully received into the Church.