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International Water Day
by Chloé Bergeron | March 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This week and every week, as we celebrate #InternationalWaterDay, let us be more cognizant of our responsibility to limit water-waste, to fund sustainable water projects around the world, and to appreciate what keeps us alive.
Lenten Video Series: Day 33, Give Us Grace
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 33: Give Us Grace.
Mortification: A Condition for Following Jesus
by Famvin Media Resources | March 26, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
Presentation on the virtue of mortification in mind and spirit, as taught by St. Vincent de Paul.
Beyond Waving Palm Branches
by John Freund, CM | March 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXII
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 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.
Ukraine – St. Vincent, a Ukrainian Rabbi, and an Orthodox Christian
by John Freund, CM | Feb 28, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, Formation, Reflections
I have written before of St. Vincent’s way of reading the bible by picturing himself in the scene he was reading about
Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, D.C. and the Green Scapular
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 27, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
On January 28, 1840, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Sr. Justine Bisqueyburu, of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. This began a series of visits which culminated in a special gift of Mary: The Green Scapular. This is described in the presentation below. [slideshare...
Sisters of Charity: Rebuilding Lives with Love
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 27, 2017 | Formation, News, Reflections, Sisters of Charity
We are always on mission. We are always trying to live, be and do what being a Sister of Charity is all about. Because this is who we are. In our good days and our bad days, we are sisters of Charity. - Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC President Enjoy the video and description...
A Vincentian View: A Vincentian Pentecost
by Pat Griffin, CM | Jan 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Vincentian View: “A Vincentian Pentecost” Like many of you, I have been thinking about the 400th anniversary year for a while. Partly, that is because of my desire to celebrate it worthily as an individual and within my ministry, but more so because I want to...
Vincent Never Dreamt of the Systemic Changes He Set in Motion….
by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Vincent never dreamt of the systemic change he set in motion
Free from All Sin, All Anxiety and Worries
by Ross Dizon | Jan 24, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the most eminent among those who, free from sin and anxiety, commit themselves to God and the neighbor. Having Moses as mediator, God announced the commandments on Mount Sinai. But in these last days, God, speaking to us through his Son, also on a mountain,...
Vincentians Know His Will – Motherly Prayers
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentians Know His Will – Motherly Prayers - The Vincentian Charism - Vincentians See a Need for Change Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Know His Will The heart of our prayer of petition must be what Jesus told us to pray the Our Father: and \Your will...
The Sandals of Charity • A Video from Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
by Tomaz Mavrič, CM | Jan 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In a series of three videos, Fr Tomaz Mavrič, CM invites us to focus our reflection on three objects that belonged to St. Vincent de Paul: his cape, his hat and his shoes. Today we present the third: his sandals. These relics are an example of Saint Vincent de Paul's...
Congregation of the Mission Celebrating 400, and 200, Years
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 22, 2017 | Formation
Continuing our celebration of the anniversary of the origin of the Congregation of the Mission, January 25, 1617, here we're highlighting the 200th Anniversary of Vincentian service to the poor and marginalized in the United States. Earlier in 2016, we celebrated the...
Prayer for the Jubilee Year of the 400th Anniversary of the Vincentian Charism
by Javier F. Chento | Jan 22, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The Interprovincial Commission of the Congregation of the Mission in Spain, appointed by the Provincials to prepare the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism, offers us a prayer so that we can use it both personally and in groups, on the occasion of the...