Formation
The God Minute: Trinity Sunday
by Famvin Media Resources | May 26, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Fr. Jeff Harvey., C.M., preaches about the Good News of Trinity Sunday: that Jesus the Risen Lord wants us to share His Divine Life in the oneness of intimate familial love with His Father and Holy Spirit.
The Small Graces We Receive from God • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 25, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Saint Vincent and Saint Louise Played a Central Part in the 17th-Century French Church
by Famvin Media Resources | May 24, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
In this presentation, Fr. Raymond Deville, S.S. invites us to “situate” Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac at the heart of the spiritual and missionary renewal in seventeenth-century France.
Questioning God’s First Question, Where Are You?
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.
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My Father taught me about “Our Father”
by John Freund, CM | Jun 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
At some level, I assumed all fathers were like my father. I have always loved and admired my father. Using the image of a loving father helped me understand God’s love.
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The Power For Oneness (1 Cor 12: 12-13)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
The motto on the great seal of the United States is the Latin “E Pluribus Unum.” It’s translated: “Out of the Many, One.”
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Many Levels of Understanding
by John Freund, CM | Jun 12, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
I never gave much thought to what is involved when I hear or ask the question, “Don’t you understand?”
Adore the Father in Spirit and Truth
by Ross Dizon | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us how to adore the Father in Spirit and truth. To learn from him, then, means to keep the true religion. At Sinai, God tells the Israelites that they are not to adore other gods. Yet they later adore a molten calf. And they hail it as Israel’s god that...
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 7
by .famvin | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 45
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
Zeal for God’s House
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
On the third Sunday of Lent, for the liturgical reading we have the gospel in which we read about Jesus’s action of cleansing the temple of Jerusalem by driving out those who were selling things in the temple by saying, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you...
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 6
by .famvin | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation
Lenten Series of reflections taken from the Conferences of the Rev. Lacordaire.
Firewood for the Soul: Love and Gratitude Multiplying
by Samantha Hill | Feb 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
A Vincentian Minute: What Why How 06
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 25, 2024 | Formation
Fr. Rooney speaks about the things we do, and why and how we do it. This week: attending to the salvation of our souls.
Lenten Letter Group Reflection – Part 1
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Reflection for groups, on the Lenten Letter 2024 from Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, to the Vincentian Family. Part One: Importance of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Wanting their Good, and Letting Ourselves be Loved • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Feb 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
"To love someone, properly speaking, is to want their good. According to this, to love Our Lord is to want His name to be known and manifested to the whole world, to let Him reign on earth, to do His will on earth as in Heaven" (SVP ES XI, 736). Vincent de Paul [box...