Formation

Living Lent in the “School of the Poor”

by Girolamo Grammatico | March 3, 2024 | Congregation of the Mission, Reflections | 0 Comments

“Vincentian Lent” invites us to an inner journey of questions and reflections, placing humility and the preferential option for the poor at the center.

Lenten Letter Group Reflection – Part 2

by Famvin Media Resources | March 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Reflection for groups, on the Lenten Letter 2024 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family. Part Two: Personal Experience of Eucharistic Adoration.

The Social Scale is No More • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | March 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

"When this great God created us with the plan to require of us that pleasant duty of loving Him and this honorable tribute, he willed to place in us the seed of love, which is our resemblance to Him, so that we may not excuse ourselves, saying that we don't have the...

The Pope Video • For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ

by .famvin | March 2, 2024 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For the martyrs of our day, witnesses to Christ.

Bear Much Fruit Means Die with Christ

by Ross Dizon | Mar 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus loves others to the end, to being lifted up on the cross. His death proves true that the grain of wheat that...

Contemplation: To Do a Little Good – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by Tim Williams | Mar 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org In Monsieur Vincent, the 1947 movie about our patron’s life, he is asked...

Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 47

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.

A Vincentian Minute: Incarnation 02

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 17, 2023 | Formation

Fr. Rooney speaks about the Incarnation in Vincentian Spirituality. This week: Christmas as a deeply Vincentian event.

Affective and Effective Work (Love) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent

by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Dec 16, 2023 | Formation, Reflections

"There are among you some Sisters who really love God, who experience great sweetness in prayer, great pleasure in all their spiritual exercises, great consolation in frequenting the sacraments, and experience no inner conflict, because of their love of God, who...

Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Finding a place for the Eternal Rest of Frederic

by Javier F. Chento | Dec 16, 2023 | Formation

Before leaving for Italy in July 1852, Frédéric and Amélie visited the Church of the Carmelites in Paris. They sat near the chapel then called of the "Guardian Angels." Amélie already knew that her husband was ill: he was diagnosed, along with his lung problem, with a...