Formation
AIC Training Video Series for Feast of Saint Louise, Part 8
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.
“Vincent’s Shades of Tolerance” by Fr. Jack Melito, CM
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.
A Perfect Storm
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.
How Big is Your Tent?
by Jack Murphy, SVDPUSA | June 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
“You Catholics have one big tent that contains everyone.” That thought has been very reassuring to me over the years. Particularly when entertaining Catholic views that are different than mine.
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A Polarized Church – Then and Now
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!
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The Heart of Jesus in the Spirituality of St. Louise de Marillac
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.
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A Canadian View: What are Nature’s Laws?
by Jim Paddon | May 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The laws of Indigenous Peoples around the world are often referred to as “Nature’s Laws.”
Women On The Move: St. John’s Celebrates International Women’s Day with Spotlight on Women Refugees and Migrants
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...
God is Good #IamVincent
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...
My Folleville • A Video From Fr. Tomaz Mavrič
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...
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Discernment: Following The Leader (Genesis 11:1-9) One of the keys to the story of the tower of Babel is the contrast in it between two lines of thought, one in the incident itself and the other coming a few chapters later in Genesis. In the first the...
Be Attentive to the Security Needs of Those Who are Poor
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change
Fidelity to our mission means that we are attentive to the needs of those who are poor … attentive to the needs related to their security (attentive to the dangers and privations that they encounter on a daily basis).
A Vincentian “Gutenberg” Moment
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 28, 2017 | Formation, Social, Social Media
In a recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Marina Gorbis writes: I would argue that we are living through our own Gutenberg moment—a moment of transformation in our fundamental tools for creating, expressing, and sharing information, ideas, and knowledge....
Now is the Day of the Resurrection and the Life
by Ross Dizon | Mar 28, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the resurrection and life here and now for those who truly believe in him. We now experience in this earthly life anxieties, adversities, miseries and tragedies. These things, however, should not worry us nor make us lose our peace. In this regard, the key...
God Speaks to Us Through Our Senses – Peace is Possible
by Lynn L'Heureux | Mar 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
God Speaks to Us Through Our Senses - Peace is Possible - Drink Up - A Cultivated Heart Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast God Speaks to Us Through Our Senses Sometimes you hear a voice. No! You are not crazy. If we can see God in all things around us, then if we...
March 25: Establishment of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 26, 2017 | Formation, Sisters of Charity
In 1809, the Sisters of Charity were founded by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD. Four of the Sisters started a mission in Cincinnati in 1829. By 1852, Mother Margaret Farrell George had founded the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. Her story is told in the...