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.
Formation
A Vincentian Minute: Vincentians and Catholic Social Teaching 5
Fr. Rooney reflects on the principle of preferential protection of the poor and vulnerable in Catholic Social Teaching, as described by former Vincentian Superior General Robert P. Maloney, C.M.
Patience in Consecrated Life
What, then, is the virtue of patience?
“If A Stranger” – Song for the North American Vincentian Family Meeting
Sr. Caroljean Willie, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, shares the song "If A Stranger" with the Vincentian Family. Although the song is copyrighted by the Columban Fathers, they have given us permission to use it and post it on the Famvin website. Sister Terry...
Advent Wait Joyfully – Teaching Others
Advent Wait Joyfully - Teaching Others - God’s Spirit is in us! - Vincentians Fast and are Patient Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Advent Wait Joyfully Part of the struggle we have is when we meet other people on their journey whether they are in prison or they are...
St. Vincent On the Incarnation: Christmas Video
On this fourth Sunday of Advent we offer a video in which St. Vincent contemplates the Heart of Christ and shares his reflections.
Joy to the World
In the Old Testament, when the prophets spoke about the coming of the messiah their words expressed great joy. In the book of prophet Isaiah, we have many passages which express the joy of messianic time. This may be the reason, why the first reading for the liturgy...
Radical Giving of Self
My name is Brother João Soares, CM and I am Portuguese. It is with great joy that I write these lines and share with you something about my life as a young man, as a seminarian and as a Vincentian. Those three adjectives best describe me. I am a young man who is 23...
What’s the Best Way to Teach Social Entrepreneurship? @SJUMission @NiagaraUniv @AdamsonUni @MountStVincent @DepaulU
Social entrepreneurship is a strategy for systemic change. With some clear ideas on social entrepreneurship, Alastair Wilson writes in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, There are huge opportunities for universities to make immensely valuable contributions to the...
A Spiritual Spiral • “Contributions” #10 #famvin400
This is the tenth of a series of formation packages meant for individual or group study which was introduced in “The Contributions of the Vincentian Charism to the Mission of the Church: A Formation Journey.” In that article, we also suggested a “Lesson Plan” for use...
Universities Collaborate to Develop Formation Program
The University of Saint Mary (USM), Leavenworth, hosted an initial planning conference in late October for universities and colleges sponsored by or sharing the charism of congregations in the Charity Federation to begin to create a “Charity Formation Program” for...
Louise de Marillac: Do Not Aim for Positions
"My Most Honored Father, The manner in which Divine Providence has always willed that I speak to you causes me to turn to you very simply in this matter concerning the accomplishment of the holy will of God and the obstacles which experience has shown might hinder the...
