Often, history can be boring. It seems little connected to our lives. That is unless it is our history!
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by .famvin | June 19, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Seeker to Saint series, produced by The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, is part of a year-long commemoration of the 200th anniversary of her passing into heave
by Famvin Media Resources | June 19, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity | 0 Comments
The eighth in a series of videos offered by the AIC International Training Team to mark the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac.
by Famvin Media Resources | June 18, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
A presentation based on one of the essays from “Saint Vincent de Paul: Windows on His Vision,” a collection of informal essays about Saint Vincent de Paul, his life and his spirituality, by Rev. Jack Melito, CM.
by John Freund, CM | June 18, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
I have only recently become conscious of the “perfect storm” faced by the early Christian community at the time Mark collected the stories of Jesus and made use of them to ultimately give hope in a disastrous situation.
by John Freund, CM | May 6, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Often, history can be boring. It seems little connected to our lives. That is unless it is our history!
by Famvin Media Resources | May 5, 2022 | Formation
In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus himself tells his followers: “Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart.” It was a text that Louise and Vincent loved to quote.
by Jim Paddon | May 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The laws of Indigenous Peoples around the world are often referred to as “Nature’s Laws.”
by Ross Dizon | Apr 4, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Obeying God and keeping his word, Jesus dies on the cross. Christians ought to die in the same way. We hear, not rarely, “Such life, so too the end.” That is to say, we die as we live. So, St. Vincent rightly teaches that to die like Jesus Christ, one has to live...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Lent Is A Time To Quietly Examine Our Relationships - Struggling With Temptations - Indebted To God - Happiness Is A Choice Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Lent Is A Time To Quietly Examine Our Relationships We examine our relationships with others as well as with...
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 2, 2017 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
In this YouTube video, learn the principles behind “what drives the AIC”.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
This is the seventh 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. The title of the seventh section of the...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Mar 31, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"I had not yet learned of the situation at the house [hospital] of the poor. But my God, my dear Sister, who is going to live there and what will happen to the work of the Ladies of Charity, if their patients are obliged to go to the hospital? You will see that the...
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 31, 2017 | Formation
Blessed Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, was an important figure in the Catholic social movement that gave rise to what today we call the social teaching of the Church. In a talk given to representatives of the SSVP in Ontario, author...
by Meghan Clark | Mar 30, 2017 | Formation, News
All around the world, women move not only themselves and their families to safer locations but they move their communities to overcome injustice. Commemorating International Women’s Day, the St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee organized a panel of experts focusing...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"There was one week in December when I felt like everything went wrong." Vincent would have known what you're talking about! He said, "Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you...
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
The second video of this series takes us to the small church of Folleville. Father Tomaž Mavrič recalls to us Saint Vincent entering that place to encounter a reality of spiritual poverty. Today, after 400 years, we see that the charism inherited from Saint Vincent...