One of the most outstanding and perhaps least commented upon aspects of St. Louise’s character is her tenderness.
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by Jim Claffey | June 10, 2021 | Formation, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
by Pat Griffin, CM | June 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Remember the Exodus instructions to the people Israel in the desert? Each morning, they may collect only enough “manna” to feed them for the day (Exod 16:4-15).
by John Freund, CM | June 9, 2021 | Formation, Systemic change | 4 Comments
Is the Church like a closet where we wistfully keep things from the past, a dreary chamber filled only with us, our problems and our disappointments? Then it will be impossible to recognize God’s silent and unassuming presence.
by Ross Dizon | June 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
by Famvin Media Resources | May 6, 2022 | Formation
One of the most outstanding and perhaps least commented upon aspects of St. Louise’s character is her tenderness.
by Famvin Media Resources | May 6, 2022 | Formation
A reflection by Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, D.C. about Saint Louise as an unlikely agent of social transformation.
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 Benito Martínez, C.M. | Feb 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“How many heretics have been converted since the Daughters of Charity have been working in the hospitals! Recall that, in 1659, a sister who had been in the hospital of Saint-Denis said that, during the year, five or six heretics were converted, including the son of a...
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 3, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Sr. Guiseppina Nicoli, D.C. was beatified on this day, February 3, 2008. She is known for her work with poor and uneducated children. "Accompanied by the Sisters in her community, Sister Nicoli approached these young people with the gentleness of a...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | News, Reflections
See. Judge. Act. We often think of this as analysis for project planning. But activism stems from this as well. A new generation of Vincentians in the United States have heard the call of the Gospel: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me!" In response to the recent...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 2, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
To imitate the saints. A laudable goal? Listen, download for later, or read on... Fr. John Guy Winfrey wrote, Oscar Wilde once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” It is certainly a common place response. I recall...
by Tom McKenna, CM | Feb 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A Family Gift: Practical Integrity (Mk 3:1-6) If you were hired as the Public Relations director for the Jerusalem Pharisees and Scribes mentioned in Mark, you wouldn’t want this section of the gospel to get too much circulation. In their confrontations with Jesus,...
by Jim Claffey, Commission for Systemic Change | Feb 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Two men born in April, with feast days in September, but otherwise very different individuals in significant ways. How did two such different men become recognized as apostles of the poor? One was a 17th century French priest; the other a 19th century husband and...
by Ross Dizon | Jan 31, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the first to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. He appoints the disciples to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world also. First, salt cleans and preserves food. It also seasons it, giving it taste. Hence, to say Jesus is salt...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Jan 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Salt of the Earth – Vincentians Follow the Beatitudes - Helping Others as Jesus Would – Jesus was Merciful Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Salt of the Earth Answering Christ’s call to be “the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13) requires being in the world. But we have...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 29, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
On February 1 we commemorate the Daughters of Charity Martyrs of Angers, Blessed Odile Baumgarten and Blessed Marie-Anne Vaillot. At the ceremony in Rome on 19 February 1984 Pope John Paul II beatified ninety-nine persons who died for the faith in...