Formation
International Water Day
by Chloé Bergeron | March 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This week and every week, as we celebrate #InternationalWaterDay, let us be more cognizant of our responsibility to limit water-waste, to fund sustainable water projects around the world, and to appreciate what keeps us alive.
Lenten Video Series: Day 33, Give Us Grace
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | March 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
This Lent, we offer to you the 2021 Lenten Video Series created by the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. Day 33: Give Us Grace.
Mortification: A Condition for Following Jesus
by Famvin Media Resources | March 26, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
Presentation on the virtue of mortification in mind and spirit, as taught by St. Vincent de Paul.
Beyond Waving Palm Branches
by John Freund, CM | March 26, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 2 Comments
On Palm Sunday will I be waving the palm branches of my blind spots or holding high the cross of God’s universal love?
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Lenten Video Series, Day 13: Cast Away
by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | Mar 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Daughter of Charity, Sister Michelle Nguyen shares her harrowing story of her escape from Vietnam, and how her near-death sacrifice brought her closer to Christ than she ever thought possible.
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A Vincentian View: Synodality and Listening
by Pat Griffin, CM | Mar 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
For me, the word most frequently invoked as one reflects upon and participates in the call to synodality in the current Church is “listening.”
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Are You a “Whack-a-mole” or “Big picture” Person?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” or “Big Picture.”
The Link that Binds Two Hearts • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 29, 2016 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation, Reflections
In a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. But today we invite you to do...
Louise de Marillac: We are all Born with a Vocation
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Oct 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“I believe, Monsieur, that the return [of this young lady] will have greatly dampened the enthusiasm of any candidates wishing to join us. Great courage and steadfastness are essential in order to persevere here because we are bound only by obedience and are often...
Places of St. Vincent
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 28, 2016 | Formation
Fr. Bruce Krause, C.M. prepared these PowerPoint slides as a tour of special places in the life of St. Vincent de Paul. We thought it would be a great resource to share for the 400th Anniversary.
#famvin400 Unseen Changes, Unseen Pain
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 Reflection and challenge: There are people all around us that hide their suffering: from poverty, from...
Unchain The Word Through Memory
by Tom McKenna, CM | Oct 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Unchaining The Word Through Memory One short sentence in Paul’s letter to Timothy (2 Tim 2: 10) caught my attention right off, “The word of God is not chained.” Paul himself is in chains, and it’s the contrast here that’s striking him. The Word of God is the opposite...
Going Beyond Rigged Cycles
by John Freund, CM | Oct 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
VinFormation offers this 67 second video insight into the concept of systemic change as breaking the cycles of poverty.
Preparing for #famvin400 on Mobile
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 25, 2016 | Announcements, Formation
Are you preparing? In a few short months the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism will be upon us. .famvin, vinFormation, We are Vincentians and the Vincentian Family Office are collaborating on bringing you reflections, formation experiences and multimedia...
Guest Asking for Justice and Love
by Ross Dizon | Oct 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
The Son of the most holy God becomes flesh and stays at our house as a guest who saves. He wants us to repent. Jesus teaches that it will be difficult for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God. The Pharisees, for their part, consider tax collectors sinners that...
Vincentians Look up to God – Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy
by Lynn L'Heureux | Oct 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincentians Look up to God - Vincentians Serve with Faith and Mercy - What We Do, Affects Our Future - Vincentians are Called to Be Disciples Vincentian Day of Prayer and Fast Vincentians Look up to God When we go on home visits, we bow down before God before we go...