Formation
Obsess about Having Money and Security
by Ross Dizon | October 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History I
by John Freund, CM | October 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Charity is mission.
Holy Ground…..Everywhere
by Mary Frances Jaster | October 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Readiness to go to any part of the world, according to the example of the first missionaries of the Congregation.
Communicating the charism today
by Vincentian Family Office | October 4, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
The Church has always paid special attention to new technologies in the field of communication.
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July 31: Foundation of the Sisters of Charity by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 31, 2022 | Formation
Learn more in this video from the Seton Shrine.
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Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Associates: A 50 Year History 1972-2022 (Part 01)
by Kelly McDaniels | Jul 30, 2022 | Formation
Throughout the more than 200 year history of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN), friends from the broader community have walked beside the Sisters in their call to follow the charism of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac. From the earliest days, these partners have been integral to the SCN mission.
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Sketches From the Diary of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 29, 2022 | Formation
“When a person or a place impressed him, he drew a sketch of it. Such sketches dot his diary.”
Ready, Holding Lamps that Are Burning
by Ross Dizon | Nov 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the bridegroom whom we await. We will enter with him into the wedding feast, if with wisdom we stay awake and are ready, with our lamps burning. Jesus informs us that we really do not know the day or the hour of his coming. He can come any day, even at an...
Ladies of Charity: Stories of Hope
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 5, 2017 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
Four young women experiencing poverty begin to move forward in life and to attain their goals, accompanied by Ladies of Charity in different parts of the United States.
Vincentian Virtues for Moms
by Katie Cassady, CVV 12 and former staff | Nov 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Admittedly I have been tremendously influenced by Vincentians in my adult life. Prior to that, I had known of the ministry of the Vincentians (read: I had heard of the St. Vincent de Paul Society) since I was little. Unfortunately, that probably remains the...
Space: The Final Frontier! Or is Poverty?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 4, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus said it well. “The poor you will always have with you.” Could we not speak of welcoming and caring for our poorer brothers and sisters as an everlasting frontier?
The Pope Video • To Witness to the Gospel in Asia – November 2017
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 4, 2017 | Church, Formation, Reflections
"The Pope Video" series continues! This month, the Pope asks us to pray for Asia -- an enormous continent where people of diverse religions coexist, and where Christians are a minority. Let us listen to their testimony and learn from their openness to others....
All (Vincentian) Saints
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 3, 2017 | Formation
In celebration of All Saints Day this week, let’s look at our Vincentian Saints and Blesseds. There are ten Vincentian Family Saints: six women, four men…
The Grace of the Stranger Welcoming Me
by Rosemary Carroll | Nov 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Let me tell you about an encounter I had last weekend. I drove to Plymouth, Massachusetts Friday for a meeting Saturday of the Sisters of Charity Federation Associates from the Boston area. I was co-facilitating the meeting. Plymouth is where the Pilgrims aboard the...
No Easy Answers #IamVincent
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 2, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
People are always looking for the easiest answers to poverty. There are no easy answers. Practitioners of systemic change know this. They know that poverty is a complex problem. There was an critique of one of those "easy answers" published earlier this summer. The...
The Character of God
by Tom McKenna, CM | Nov 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I remember talking to a man who was leaving a good position in his company after over 30 years on the job. He didn’t want to, but he said it wasn’t the same company he had come to those three decades ago. He lamented that it had lost its lights and heart, particularly...