Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.
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by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | July 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 8 Comments
Sister Migdalia, a Daughter of Charity who has been working in El Paso, is a member of the “confraternity of Vincentians on the Border.” Here she shares with us the first of two reflections.
by Famvin Media Resources | July 11, 2021 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
by Famvin Media Resources | July 9, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | July 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
A National Association of Vincentian Lawyers already exists in Peru. And others are springing up in other Latin American countries. Many hope to form an International Association of Vincentian Lawyers.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 3, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Do you remember God’s first question? It’s one parents often ask their children. But it is also one that has many meanings according to the context.
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jun 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
The word Glory shows up frequently in the Scriptures, all those praises of God’s Glory and in particular Jesus’ petitions to His Father asking to give the disciples (and all of us) the Glory that the Father has given Him.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
My feelings have been all over the lot after two mass shootings. The more I learn, the more intense my feelings.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change
“What is your Church doing now for those who are poor?” Frederic Ozanam and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have been answering that question for almost 200 years. But it is a question for everyone … especially today!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 4, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Social, Social Media
Yeah! All over the world, Vincentian quotes on Facebook stories.... Facebook says... The feature lets people share videos and photographs in the Facebook app, which will appear on top of the News Feed. After 24 hours, the Facebook Stories also disappear. Facebook...
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...