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Formation
Louise de Marillac: Animator of the Confraternities of Charity
by Famvin Media Resources | April 19, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
In May 1629, Vincent de Paul made a request of Louise de Marillac. Would she accept going to Montmirail to visit the Confraternities of Charity established in that town and the neighboring villages?
Undervalued Gift
by John Freund, CM | April 19, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
I am finally becoming aware of the gift I have taken for granted all my life. The home we call Planet Earth. I suspect I am not alone in this.
Happiness
by Jim Claffey, CM | April 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
The annual World Happiness Report is out. But a lot of people won’t be happy.
Solidarity – in Life, Death, and New Life (Mark 14:1-15:47)
by Tom McKenna, CM | April 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
A remark I once overheard: “I don’t mind suffering when nobody knows about it – as long as somebody knows about it!”
Mary’s Memories – the Rosary As Her Scrapbook
by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
You all know what a scrapbook is. It is not about throwing away scraps. It is about keeping memories alive.
A Vincentian View: Go to Joseph
by Pat Griffin, CM | Oct 27, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
In this year when Pope Francis has invited us to pay special assistance to the patriarch of the Holy Family, we have probably already heard the expression “Go to Joseph.”
Singing at the Threshold of Elizabeth’s Home: Mary’s Magnificat
by Michael Whalen, CM | May 29, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In his reflection on Mary and her role in God’s economy of mercy, Pope Francis pauses with Mary at the threshold of Elizabeth’s home. He writes in MV #24: Chosen to be the Mother of the Son of God, Mary, from the outset, was prepared by the love of God to be the Ark...
The value of vulnerability… and eye openers
by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Ever wonder what made Vincent Vincent? Here's a thought. The value of vulnerability and eye-openers. A few days ago I read a description of Jesus’ way of formation. It went something like this... When Jesus sent his apostles into society he insisted they be very...
If you aren’t moving forward, you are dying.
by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
If you aren’t moving forward, you are dying. Not too much different from what Vincent de Paul said, "The community is not now what it once was, nor is it what it will be" Words that he would probably address to all the followers of Vincent and Louise today. SVDP CEO,...
Why We Need to Share our Stories
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 26, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
.famvin has been inviting the young Vincentian world to share our stories. The project is called #IamVincent. Why is this important? Enjoy this video.
Why We Serve: Students Embrace the Mission
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Why We Serve: giving testimony is part of saying #IamVincent. Thanks to Sister Pat Evanick, D.C., for bring this to our attention. Click on the name of each student to read their testimony. This past year, St. John’s students dedicated nearly 100,000 hours to service....
St. Louise: Moving Toward Love
by Tom McKenna, CM | May 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
St. Louise: Moving Toward Love (Is. 58: Mt. 25) There’s a famous quote attributed to Mark Twain: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much...
Generosity that is Eucharistic and priestly
by Ross Dizon | May 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Dying on the cross, Jesus consummates his generosity. He thus stands out as the most compassionate of all, and the one and only supreme mediator between God and us. How admirable Jesus’ generosity! Though rich, he becomes poor for our sake, so that by his poverty...
Transforming parishes: SSVP work on the local church level
by Elizabeth Astridge | May 24, 2016 | Formation, News
Quinella, 12 years old, was a special needs child, a middle child between two brothers, and daughter to a struggling single parent. In one month, she was a truant because her mother didn’t have money to send her to school, and when she did attend, her school had a...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (4)
by Javier F. Chento | May 23, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Reflections
4. On retirement and “early retirement” of family members... The bourgeois society in which we are immersed sneaks through the cracks of our familiar habitat, whether of one kind or another, of one branch or another. Creeping all too frequently into our life, and our...