One of the reasons for Saint Vincent de Paul to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church is his style of living his vocation. Each week we will present an example.
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by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | July 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 8 Comments
Sister Migdalia, a Daughter of Charity who has been working in El Paso, is a member of the “confraternity of Vincentians on the Border.” Here she shares with us the first of two reflections.
by Famvin Media Resources | July 11, 2021 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
by Famvin Media Resources | July 9, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | July 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
A National Association of Vincentian Lawyers already exists in Peru. And others are springing up in other Latin American countries. Many hope to form an International Association of Vincentian Lawyers.
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
One of the reasons for Saint Vincent de Paul to be considered a key figure in the history of the holiness of the Church is his style of living his vocation. Each week we will present an example.
by Famvin Media Resources | May 22, 2022 | Formation
Fr. Rooney asks us to remember that Easter is a season of deepening our faith. This week: “The Vincentian Easter Way.”
by Famvin Media Resources | May 20, 2022 | Formation
A presentation about the early work of our founders in caring for the mentally ill in 17th century France.
by Famvin Media Resources | May 21, 2017 | Formation
Today is the anniversary of the first missionaries to leave France for Madagascar, May 21, 1648. The voyage took about 7 months and obviously there were many dangers. Read more about the men who risked their lives to bring the light of the gospel to a faraway land,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 21, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
On the Medium Blog Meet me at the Mission, DePaul graduating student Cece Metzdorff writes, When did the word “simple” obtain a negative connotation? While the dictionary may define simple as “easy,” I would like to disagree. I think simplicity is hard....
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Over time these confraternities became the principal means through which de Paul engaged with devout Catholic women, who were excluded by their sex from expressing their faith through the functions of ordained ministry but aspired to find alternative means of doing so.
by Minh Trieu, CM | May 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Christians are human beings of the Holy Spirit, but it is a lifelong process. In this process there are always temptations, inside and outside distracters that lead us astray, recession, and return to the "natural life without the Spirit" (Jude 1:19). We need to...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | May 19, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“I must tell you about another practice which our Most Honored Father strongly recommended to us at the last conference his Charity gave us. He told us that, as soon as we see that we have offended one or several of our sisters, we should immediately kneel and ask...
by Famvin Media Resources | May 19, 2017 | Formation
At 22, Joan Antida Thouret left her home and joined the Daughters of Charity. This life is an exile– a desert we must cross to reach our only true homeland which is heaven. – Saint Joan Antida Thouret https://youtu.be/rNIVuqOgZ8g In 1793, when the French Revolution...
by Andrés Felipe Rojas | May 18, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
I believe in those who pray and struggle, I trust in the eyes of those who weep and in the voice of the prophets, I believe in those who are persecuted, humiliated and mistreated I believe in those who have nowhere to lay their heads, In mothers who stay in the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 18, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Organize. The year 1617 is for Vincent de Paul and for us an indication of what it means to say "I am Vincent." The unnamed author of this reflection at our partner site, We are Vincentians, tells us "...nothing is acquired but what is given, charity is a gift of...
by Pat Griffin, CM | May 17, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: Taking a Second (Better) Look I think it is rare that we get things right the first time—at least, that is my experience. In order to learn how to do something, I need to do it more than once. To really understand something, to really allow it to...