Formation
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Women 01
by Famvin Media Resources | July 14, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Fr. Rooney starts a new series called “Vincentian Women.” This week: Louise de Marillac.
Protecting the Children • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | July 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
July 16: First Sisters of St. Martha Arrived in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
by Famvin Media Resources | July 12, 2024 | Formation, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments
An online resource called the The Martha Storyboards presents highlights of “the Martha Story”.
Distraction to Insight
by John Freund, CM | July 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I was implicitly taught to regard that as a distraction from focusing on the Body of Christ I just received. Suddenly, with insight, I became grateful for this “distraction”! What changed?
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Vincentian Places 19 – Marseille
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 23, 2024 | Formation
As the chaplain to the galley slaves, Vincent ministered to prisoners in Marseille.
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Vincentian Marian Youth: Inspired by Mary, Committed to the Service of the Needy #famvin2024
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 23, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation, Vincentian Family
Vincentian Marian Youth (VMY) is an international association of young Catholics, born from the desire of the Virgin...
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Firewood for the Soul: A Change of Heart
by Samantha Hill and James Hodge | Jul 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
The God Minute: Trinity Sunday
by Famvin Media Resources | May 26, 2024 | Formation
Fr. Jeff Harvey., C.M., preaches about the Good News of Trinity Sunday: that Jesus the Risen Lord wants us to share His Divine Life in the oneness of intimate familial love with His Father and Holy Spirit.
The Small Graces We Receive from God • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We are not sufficiently grateful for God's little benefits. We thank Him for having created and redeemed us, and given us good parents, and a wife, and beloved children, and for so often giving us Himself in the Sacrament of the Altar. But besides these powerful...
Saint Vincent and Saint Louise Played a Central Part in the 17th-Century French Church
by Famvin Media Resources | May 24, 2024 | Formation
In this presentation, Fr. Raymond Deville, S.S. invites us to “situate” Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac at the heart of the spiritual and missionary renewal in seventeenth-century France.
Questioning God’s First Question, Where Are You?
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.
Justice’s Role to Prevent the Attack
by Jimmy Walters | May 23, 2024 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Blessed Frederic Ozanam wrote, “Charity is the Samaritan who pours oil on the wounds of the traveler who has been attacked. It is justice’s role to prevent the attack.”[
A Vincentian View: Tongues of Fire
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
We live in a world and at a time that has much need for the energizing fire of the Holy Spirit.
Let Me See Again!
by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
The blind beggar never saw it coming! No pun intended! I mean it quite literally. He was no doubt hoping and praying that someday he would be able to see. But did he ever think that it would actually happen that day. .. and in an encounter with Jesus? (Luke 18:35) The...
Contemplation: A Model To Follow
by Tim Williams | May 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org When we hear the word “leader” we naturally think of a great general, a head of state, one of those celebrity CEOs, or even a star athlete leading a team to victory. The great leader is an American archetype: charismatic,...
Teachers and Baptizers of All Nations
by Ross Dizon | May 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has been given all power in heaven and on earth. So, he wants us to be teachers and baptizers of all nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. As they speak of the three persons in one God, Christian teachers and thinkers use...