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Vincentian Prayer Images: Walking Through Each Day with St. Vincent XIII
by John Freund, CM | June 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
St. Vincent told the Daughters of Charity: “Before dinner, make the examination of conscience… on the resolutions you took at meditation…”
Untold Stories: The Cross, the Medal and the Rosary
by Sr. Neghesti Michael, DC | June 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Every day people come with new and untold stories to the doorway of the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal at 140 rue du Bac.
Reflection on the Chapel of the rue du Bac
by Famvin Media Resources | June 6, 2021 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation | 0 Comments
Based on a sermon by Jean Daniel Planchot, CM.
AIC Training Video Series for Feast of Saint Louise, Part 5
by Famvin Media Resources | June 6, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity | 0 Comments
The fifth in a series of videos offered by the AIC International Training Team to mark the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac.
Vincentian Prayer Images: One of the Great Saints of History XXX
by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 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.
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentian Resurrection and New Life
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 24, 2022 | Formation
Fr. Rooney explains why seeing Christ in the poor should mean seeing the risen Christ in the poor, as well as seeing the crucified Christ in the poor.
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...
Promise of Greatness, Blessing and Glory
by Ross Dizon | Mar 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the perfect, awesome and amazing fulfillment of the promise God has made through the patriarchs and the prophets. From the perspective of human wisdom, the good news is that God makes a hopeful promise to Abraham. But the bad news is that the Father of all...
God, You are my Strength and my Song – Walk in Faith
by Lynn L'Heureux | Mar 6, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
God, You are my Strength and my Song - Walk in Faith - Wrestling with Temptation - First Sunday of Lent Day 5- Matthew 4:1-11 Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast God, You are my Strength and my Song You are the reason for my joy. Fill me with your Holy Spirit; you are...
SSVP Resource for 2017 – Year Dedicated to Bailly
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 5, 2017 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
In his first Circular Letter as President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Renato Lima de Oliveira announced that 2017 is the “Year Dedicated to Bailly." Emmanuel Joseph Bailly was the first President of the SSVP. This memorable man created the...
The Reality of Temptation
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Mar 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Once again we are in the season of Lent. The Gospel passage for the first Sunday of Lent always invites us to reflect about the Temptation of Jesus. Soon after Jesus’s baptism and descent of the Holy Spirit upon him Jesus was tempted by the devil. Jesus is entrusted...
Vincentians of Wherever: Get Political!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 5, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The approach to poverty in American politics generally—and in public child welfare specifically—has always been influenced by the widespread understanding of poverty as primarily a moral and personal failing, rather than a structural issue. Jeremy Kohomban & David...