Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic...
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by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | March 23, 2023 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 1 Comment
by Famvin Media Resources | March 22, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.
by Famvin Media Resources | March 22, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
A video about the apparition of Our Lady of Lezajsk and a reflection on how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.
by Tom McKenna, CM | March 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
One of the heaviest of feelings is the one of being alone. You hear it in the cry of an infant, and more generally you catch it in the forlorn look of any lonely person.
by .famvin | Jul 29, 2023 | Formation
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
by .famvin | Jul 28, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:
by Vincentian Family Office | May 8, 2021 | Formation, News
Brother René Stockman, Superior General of the Brothers of Charity, has published a new book titled Be Merciful, As Your Father is Merciful.
by .famvin | May 8, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: The World of Finance.
by Famvin Media Resources | May 7, 2021 | Formation
Louise reflected on what she came to know about the early Congregation of the Mission and, as she liked to do with the important events of her life, she put her reflections into writing. The relationship and collaboration between St. Louise, the Daughters of Charity,...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Three words sum up Mary’s attitude: listening, decision, action. They are words that point out a way for us too as we face what the Lord asks of us in life. Listening, decision, action. (Pope Francis)
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | May 6, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
A 2015 Harvard study found that access to reliable transportation is the biggest factor in determining whether someone will escape poverty and avoid homelessness.
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
As far as beginnings go, we’d have to look far and wide to find something more dramatic than the one portrayed in chapter 9 of the Acts of the Apostles: Paul knocked over and blinded on that Damascus road.
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
We are people with a mission…to do what Jesus did. Pople who use the skills of their profession in frontline “field hospitals” or mobilize those who are committed to “seeking long-term solutions.”
by Ross Dizon | May 4, 2021 | Formation
Jesus embodies love. And he sees to it that we catch this love. Hence, he gives us commandments that will lead us to love as he loves. Jesus loves his own who are in the world not in theory but in practice. And he does so before he teaches them his commandments; he...
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Another means of placing ourselves in the presence of God is to imagine ourselves before the Most Blessed Sacrament of the altar.”