Formation

Lent 2023: Our Lady of Lezajsk, With Father Gregory J. Semeniuk, CM

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.

Never Alone (John 11:1-45)

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.

Facing St. Joseph’s Challenges Today

by John Freund, CM | March 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Often we want to get around troubles and challenges in life rather than go through them. If only we could skip from the beginning to the end without going through the middle.

Lent 2023: Our Lady of Gietrzwald, With Father John Freund, CM

by Famvin Media Resources | March 21, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments

A video about the apparition of Our Lady of Gietrzwald and a reflection on how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.

Video on St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (Feast Day: July 30)

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation

St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

The Pope Video • For World Youth Day

by .famvin | Jul 28, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:

Lessons From Those Flying Geese

by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

Just about everyone has seen a flock of geese flying in their trademark V-formation. They are a thing of beauty to behold…. if you can get beyond their negative effects at lower altitudes.

Commandments that Make Love Known

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...

Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent VIII

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.”

The Way of Vincent

by Rev. Hugh O’Donnell, CM | May 3, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

In this brief reflection I want to share with you one of the great graces I received in my search to know Vincent better.

The Prayer Life of Louise de Marillac

by Famvin Media Resources | May 2, 2021 | Formation

“As we say about some of the people in the Bible, so too we can say that Louise walked with God (Cf., Genesis 5:22).”

St. Louise: In Her Own Words

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 30, 2021 | Formation

Reading the letters of St. Louise helps us see her humanness, as opposed to thinking of her as some faraway Saint.

St. Joseph – Patron of “Saints Next Door”

by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family

Can we recognize Joseph, “the quiet one,” as the model for far more than just carpenters?

Born In the Bleachers

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Apr 29, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections

We hear a lot about being born on third base. It is a metaphor for being way ahead in the game of life. But what if you were born in the bleachers? Or worse, born outside the ballpark?

A Vincentian View: Yearning for Home (Joseph and Psalm 137)

by Pat Griffin, CM | Apr 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

The Babylonians destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem in 587 BC and took most of the people of Israel into captivity—moving them from their ancestral home to foreign lands. Psalm 137 engages the feelings of those displaced persons.

A Challenge is in the Air

by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

Think about the hot button issues of the day: Police reform, Climate change, Poverty, Homelessness, Election reform, Systemic racism, #metoo… Tou name it. People are calling for more than just quick but temporary fixes. People are calling for systemic reform.