A visitor from outer space might be forgiven for not seeing the connection between what happened 2000 years ago and the last week of December each year.
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by .famvin | January 9, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: At the Service of Human Fraternity.
by Famvin Media Resources | January 8, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | January 8, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
This morning I read John Allen’s reflection in Crux about an opportunity and a challenge for Catholics to play a major role in healing our deeply divided nation.
by Jim Paddon | January 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
In recent years there has been considerable discussion and at times some confusion over the topics of The preferential option for the poor, systemic change and our Vincentian charism.
by John Freund, CM | Dec 29, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
A visitor from outer space might be forgiven for not seeing the connection between what happened 2000 years ago and the last week of December each year.
by Ross Dizon | Dec 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is our Savior. He saves us from sin and frees us from those with sacrilegious claims. And he gives us his Holy...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The servant of the poor must be poor himself, must suffer the hunger and the pain of the poor.
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 26, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, was founded in 1999, an organization that was created by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (DC). Sister Dijesu Campos Pinto is currently...
by Javier F. Chento | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation
There are many good biographies of St. Vincent de Paul; I refer you to them to meet the great person of God and know the great work he carried out throughout his life. Continuing his work now are the missionaries of the Congregation of the Mission, the Daughters of...
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Charism – True Mercy - Shepherd of His Flock - Christ Among the Poor Vincentian Day of Fast and Prayer – Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Vincentian Charism – ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me. . . (Matthew 25:35) “We will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of...
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Vincentian Family 10th Annual Meeting was held in St Vincent’s Retreat Center, Gopalpur on Sea, on 12th and 13th of March, 2016. There were 43 participants from 9 branches of the Vincentian Family. Bishop Emeritus Thomas Thiruthali, C.M., and Bishop Simon...
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 24, 2016 | Formation
April 28 is the feast day of St. Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962), a doctor, wife, and mother who chose to continue with her fourth pregnancy, despite knowing that having this child could result in her own death. She is part of the Vincentian Family because in her younger years she served among the elderly and needy as a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
by Michael Whalen, CM | Apr 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors: Mercy and Justice in the Political and Economic Sphere – Part I We begin with a dream (or perhaps more accurately a fantasy). What, if in the days following what we now refer to as 9.11, people’s minds and hearts turned...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 24, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Celebrity activism sometimes gets a bad rap. Many of us who are aficionados of contemporary music are, in our own ways, mourning the death of the artist called "Prince." Most people know him because of his outlandish sartorial style, his gender-stretching image, and...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
In his book Mister Vincent, J Patrick Murphy quotes Malcolm Gladwell who writes about tipping points - the time when things come together to tilt the scale of life to something new. For Vincent, the tipping point primarily came from two events in 1617, starting in...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Kathleen McGrath loves a good book. As lead faculty member of the College of Education’s Family Literacy Center (FLC) at Niagara University, McGrath said she believes “Reading can very powerfully change the trajectory of a life.” Through her Niagara graduate school...