According to the chronicles, the grandson was very much like his grandfather Frederic Ozanam.
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by Famvin Media Resources | February 28, 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 | February 28, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments
A video about the apparition of Our Lady of the Golden Heart, and how we can embrace the Blessed Mother’s example during Lent.
by Ross Dizon | February 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
by Lisa Lickona | February 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
It’s no wonder that Mother Seton and Blessed John of Fiesole, the Dominican friar known as Fra Angelico, experienced God so intensely in Italy, a land of splendid Catholic art and liturgy.
by Renato Lima de Oliveira | Jun 29, 2023 | Formation
According to the chronicles, the grandson was very much like his grandfather Frederic Ozanam.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
We readily readily recognize the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the symbol of his great love for us. But as we know from the experience of many, this message given is often enough a message not received.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
The perfect picture we took during a family vacation showed more than we expected. The big-as-life billboard we did not notice ruined an otherwise perfect photo. Once back home there was little we could do to edit out what didn’t fit.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Can we recognize ourselves as modern “passers-by”?
by Joetta Venneman | Feb 11, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
World Day of the sick is February 11. Started by Pope John Paul II, it is a way for believers to offer prayers for those suffering illnesses and their caregivers.
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | Feb 11, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections
Arts help calling people to prayer, commissioning a special requiem Mass and holding a series of fundraisers via Zoom to help the homeless.
by Jim Claffey | Feb 11, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Job has the well-deserved reputation as a complainer. Throwing up his hands, he whines to God, “How long is this misery going to lasts, this drudgery, these troubled nights.” (Job 7:1-7)
by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
At first glance, it may seem like quite a stretch to connect Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day and Systemic Change. But hear me out. Actually, it is not that hard.
by Tomaž Mavrič, CM | Feb 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
After the dramatic events of last year as the suffering caused by wars, natural disasters, and famine was compounded by the pandemic of COVID-19, our faith calls us to live this new year 2021 in hope, even in situations that are, humanly speaking, hopeless.
by Ross Dizon | Feb 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus stretches out his hand to the quarantined, marginalized, excluded, unclean. His followers are to stretch out their hands to them, too. The law asks quarantine for those with leprosy, though this may be no more than a skin eruption. And others should not touch...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
How do those who are poor “send us back to our poverty”?