Formation
Lenten Examination of Conscience Based on the 5 Vincentian Virtues
by Famvin Media Resources | March 10, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
Ask yourself the following questions, based on the five Vincentian Virtues of Humility, Simplicity, Meekness, Mortification, and Zeal.
Is God Tired of Waiting for Us Among the Poor?
by John Freund, CM | March 10, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Some words stay with you for a lifetime! Sometimes front and center. Other times they sit just beneath the surface… like a quiet motor doing its job unnoticed.
Journey Through Lent With Saints Vincent and Louise (March 10)
by Famvin Media Resources | March 9, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.
Lent 2023: Our Lady of Happy Meetings, With Father David Friel
by Famvin Media Resources | March 9, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
A video about the apparition of Our Lady of Laus (Our Lady of Happy Meetings) and a reflection on how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.
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Do These Images Speak To Polarization Today?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Two images, in particular, remind me of the limitations of what I see. They are helping me be more humble when I think of my conversations with those who do not view things the way I do.
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Applications Open: Young Adult Vincentian Small Faith Community
by Mary Pimmel-Freeman | Jul 12, 2023 | Formation, News
Attention Young Adults Ages 18-35! The next Vincentian Small Faith Community cohort will begin in August 2023 and continue through December 2023. Apply Today!
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Receiving Me (2 Kings,4; Mt 10:40)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Two agitated men, just coming from a disastrous happening, were walking down a country road and pouring out their shared troubles. Each was focused on his own grief, but each was also was taking in the pain of the other.
Oxen and Cell Phones
by Jim Claffey | Mar 18, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Cell phones, once a luxury, are now almost a necessity. For the impoverished, especially in rural areas, they can make all the difference for one’s life and health.
Lenten Video Series: Day 25, Path to God’s Grace
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 25: Path to God’s Grace.
A Vincentian View: The Grace of Graces
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
“We need only ask Saint Joseph for the grace of graces: our conversion” (PC p. 9).
How Could This Happen?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“All God’s people carry within themselves the same potencies that energized the early Christian movement…”
Lenten Video Series: Day 24, Sharing Prayer with Patients
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 24: Sharing Prayer with Patients.
Enlighten and Glorify Men and Women
by Ross Dizon | Mar 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has come to enlighten the Gentiles and to give glory to Israel (Lk 2, 32). Hence, he cannot but draw all to himself. Scholars say that the accounts of Matthew, Mark and Luke show Jesus as the Suffering Servant. In John, on the other hand, Jesus is kingly and...
Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent I
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “So, dear Sisters, let’s see how you should spend the twenty-four hours that make up the day…”
Lenten Video Series: Day 23, The Greater Good
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 15, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 23: The Greater Good.
A Compass for the “New Normal”
by Vincentian Family Office | Mar 15, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
More than a year after the beginning of painful experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic and with the certainty of being at the beginning of the end and with vaccination underway, the world begins to draw conclusions and imagine what the future might be like.