Formation
Circular Letter from the President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
by Vincentian Family Office | February 5, 2022 | Formation, News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 1 Comment
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Circular Letter, written by the International President General, has been published.
The Pope Video • For Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women
by .famvin | February 5, 2022 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women.
Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli, DC: a teacher of life, a messenger of love
by Famvin Media Resources | February 4, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments
There was a time, not so long ago, when a woman, full of enthusiasm and vocation for the weakest children of society, gave her life to educate a great generation of young people who, thanks to her, found the strength to change their lives.
The “Broccoli Approach” to Synodality
by John Freund, CM | February 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
We probably should thank Alka-Seltzer for a phrase used by most mothers. (It seems they all went to the same “Mommy School”)
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Just Servants of the Holy Lord
by Ross Dizon | Oct 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the all-just God who alone is good. Before him and before God, no one is just. Last Sunday’s...
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Vincentian Prayer Images: “The Colors of Charity” • 20
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 18, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
This series is a visual memory of the art exhibition “The Colors of Charity,” which was on exhibit from 15 December 2017 to 25 February 2018 at the Collegio Alberoni of Piacenza.
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A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Educational Values – Part 4
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 16, 2022 | Formation
In this series Fr. Rooney explores the Values of Vincentian Education proposed by Daughter of Charity Sr. Louise Sullivan.
Repent and Believe in the Gospel
by Ross Dizon | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, though without sin, embodies what it means to repent. He calls us to preach repentance and become the visible and effective sign of what we preach. Jesus begins his public ministry, proclaiming: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the...
Parish Becomes Intercultural
by Sr. Tracy Kemme | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
4,800 miles. That's how far our Guatemalan parishioners traveled from their villages to get to Cincinnati. Each of those miles meant stepping further away from their families and homeland, and closer to an uncertain future in a strange country. And yet they kept...
St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., Martyr
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 8, 2018 | Formation
Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. (Feast Day: July 9) went to China as a missionary in 1791.
Advocacy Connection: Standing in Support of DREAMers
by Mary Ann Dantuono | Jul 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
At the National Assembly in Kansas City on September 9, 2017, the Ladies of Charity of the United States of America adopted a resolution to stand with DREAMers as they seek a permanent solution to their "lack of status" in the US. The young people we are...
A Sacramental Imagination
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures. But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility...
The Pope Video • Priests and Their Pastoral Ministry
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jul 7, 2018 | Church, Formation, Reflections
This month, the Pope asks us to pray that priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Pope Francis - July 2018 [youtube...
July 9: Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 6, 2018 | Formation
Videos narrated in English and Mandarin on the life of St. Francis Regis Clet.
Do Vincentians Really Have the Smell of the Sheep?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
The first time Pope Francis caught our attention with the image of the “smell of the sheep” was a mere two weeks after he became Pope.
Programs: Vincentians in Action
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 5, 2018 | Formation
Creative programs for formation abound in the Vincentian Family, but too often we operate in “silos,” walled off from one another.