Formation

Through the Darkness to Easter Light with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

by Lisa Lickona | April 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

The example of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton shows us how to yield our lives to Christ, the Crucified One, that we might live.

Contemplation: Seeking His Will Together – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection

by Tim Williams | April 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org “Life,” the old saying goes, “is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” There is a deeper truth captured in this witticism, one that St. Vincent often repeated. It is not that we should make no plans and...

Read the Signs of Jesus in Our Midst

by Ross Dizon | April 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. To believe in him means to know how to read, to grasp, his many signs in our midst. We read, as we come to the end of today’s gospel, “Jesus did many other signs.” So then, we can take it that his rising from the dead is one of...

Vincentian Places 01 – Ranquine

by Famvin Media Resources | April 2, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments

Vincent de Paul was born on April 24, 1581, at Ranquine, a hamlet near the village of Pouy, in the southwest of France.

Firewood for the Soul: Who Do You Say I Am?

by Samantha Hill | Apr 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.

A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Wordplay 05

by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 28, 2024 | Formation

Fr. Rooney reflects on the multiple meanings of “Vincentian” words. This week: Simplicity.

The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Apr 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections

I do not like and do not share in any way the rigorist doctrines of some Christians, who, without even realizing it,...

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...