God doesn’t want a casual relationship. He wants us to turn to him in everything we do. As St. Elizabeth Ann Seton says: “He wants us to lift our hearts to him. Always.”
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by Famvin Media Resources | July 26, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
The Association of the Miraculous Medal of Perryville, Missouri published an article entitled “Remembering Venerable Felix De Andreis, C.M., First Superior of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States” in their Spring Bulletin 2024.
by John Freund, CM | July 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We see so little of God’s creation! Yet we still think of our world as the center of creation, our culture as the model for all cultures.
by .famvin | July 25, 2024 | Famvin 2024, Formation | 0 Comments
Synodality in the Catholic Church refers to a style of living and institutional functioning that reflects a form of communion and cooperation within the ecclesial community.
by Tom McKenna, CM | July 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.
by Danielle Bean | May 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
God doesn’t want a casual relationship. He wants us to turn to him in everything we do. As St. Elizabeth Ann Seton says: “He wants us to lift our hearts to him. Always.”
by Kathleen N. Hattrup | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton found in Sacred Scripture a path to God. Her life embodied what the Second Vatican Council called the “force and power in the word of God” that becomes the “support and energy of the Church.”
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
A favorite verse, Psalm 4, reads: “Lord, let your face shine upon us.” It summons up a very warm and private kind of experience that each of us in our own way can recognize.
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 12, 2023 | Featured, Formation, Vincentian Family
A workgroup made up of members of the Vincentian Family has been working in recent years on preparing a document that includes all the saints and blesseds of the Vincentian Family, offering a brief biography of each of them, and another document that offers the specific prayers for the Eucharist of each one of them.
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 12, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
by Samantha Hill | Dec 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
A weekly reflection for all the Vincentian Family, from Australia.
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 10, 2023 | Formation
Fr. Rooney speaks about the Incarnation in Vincentian Spirituality. This week: human suffering as sacramental.
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Dec 9, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"Mon Dieu! What a lovely title and what a beautiful designation! What have you done for God to deserve it? Servants of the Poor is the same as saying Servants of Jesus Christ, since He regards what is done to them as done to himself, for they are His members. And what...
by Javier F. Chento | Dec 9, 2023 | Formation
The first time Frederic Ozanam ever traveled on his own, from Lyon to Paris, was November 2, 1831; he was about to start his studies at the Faculty of Law. He departed in a horse-drawn stagecoach to cover the 292 miles. It took three days and three nights to arrive in...
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 8, 2023 | Church, Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The presence of Mary is abundant, clear and solid in the experience of St. Louise and St. Vincent.
by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
St. Vincent placed great importance on what he called “Repetition of Prayer.”
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 8, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
We are called to be compassionate to all.