I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
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The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Saint Louise’s example shows us some common pitfalls to avoid
by Famvin Media Resources | April 26, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
We can learn something by looking at the various stumbling blocks that St. Louise may have encountered.
A Polarized Church both Then and Now
by John Freund, CM | April 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.
A Vincentian View: The Good Shepherd
by Pat Griffin, CM | April 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
In the 23rd Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “My shepherd is the Lord.” I imagine that when Jesus prayed these words, he found a depiction of himself.
Lenten Video Series, Day 8: No Greater Love
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Deacon Ryan Nguyen recounts how, on the night before his crucifixion, Christ prayed for joy.
When Did We See You…
by Sister Susan J. Smolinsky, SC | Mar 10, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The article and photo are by Sister Susan Smolinsky, a Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax. She serves as a county jail chaplain in New York.
Pardon Your Servant
by Diane Smith, CVV 16 | Mar 12, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else,” (Exodus 4:13). Moses’s words at the burning bush have always resonated with me, in younger years before I appreciated the audacity of his request, I was struck by his humility and humanity. Moreover, I was...
The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism • Part 4 • Saint Vincent and the Challenge of Consistency #famvin400
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the fourth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study based upon “The Prophetic Dimension of the Vincentian Charism in light of the Social Doctrine of the Church” by Sr. María Pilar López. There is dynamite in this section! If the...
White Slave Traffic • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"[Madame de Lamoignon told me that,] although we try to employ good women, the majority of them are forced to leave because of bad conduct rather than on account of the necessities of the times. Moreover, these women, who have been gathered from allover and who are of...
St. Louise de Marillac As Healer
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation
St. Louise and the Daughters of Charity as medical practitioners.
It’s About Love
by William Graham | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
William (Bill) Graham from Peel-North Toronto Ontario Regional Council, Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers his reflection, It's About Love: As Vincentians we can, and in most cases, do great things, help so many people and sometimes change lives. We are so...
Elizabeth Seton’s New York Audio Files
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 10, 2017 | Formation, News
Take a New York walk in the footsteps of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. The saint (voice of Sr. Constance Brennan, SC) will be your guide to places in her native city where she lived, worshipped, or visited from 1774 to 1808. A narrator (voice of Sr. Anne Denise Brennan,...
What if it Was Your Neighborhood?
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social
Watch LET ME IN starring Alicia Keys. https://youtu.be/v-1hpZzJpmg There are more refugees in the world today than at any point in history. And half of them are children. LET ME IN is a cinematic experience which reimagines the refugee crisis as if it was happening on...
Still a stranger? The Imprisoned
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 9, 2017 | Formation
Why do we jail people for being poor? Why are they imprisoned? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their debt to the court, sometimes for things as minor as unpaid...
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: Marked Men and Women For the past few years, since I have been back at St. John’s, I have celebrated the 8:00 mass on Wednesdays. It is one of my ordinary responsibilities. Usually, I am joined by 25-30 regular members of the University...