Formation
Advent: A Season of Peace
by Famvin Media Resources | December 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Fr. Robert Maloney, CM reflects on peace as a theme of Advent.
Relive the Advent Prayer experience of the Vincentian Family 2020
by Vincentian Family Office | December 12, 2020 | Formation, News, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’: Summary and Commentary (Part 7)
by René Stockman | December 12, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bro. René Stockman offers here a short summary of chapter 7 of the Encyclical Letter “Fratelli Tutti”, followed by a more personal reflection.
Advent Reflections: Vincentian Family Office (Part Two)
by Vincentian Family Office | December 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Fr. Joe Agostino, CM, from the Vincentian Family Office offers a brief video on Advent.
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Advent 2021 – Waiting In Hope
by .famvin | Dec 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
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The Pope Video • Catechists
by .famvin | Dec 4, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Catechists.
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Depaul Ireland
by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 3, 2021 | Formation, Homelessness, News, Other Branch News
Learn about Depaul Ireland in this video produced by Vincentian Family Ireland.
I Dance and #IamVincent @NiagaraAlumni
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 4, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Dance. It's another way to serve. It's Vincentian when a Vincentian does it. Kristin Smiley, Niagara University alumna and alumna of another program with Vincentian roots, has been dancing for as long as she can remember. She currently serves as the Assistant Director...
“Father of the Catholic Church in Texas” was a Vincentian
by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 4, 2016 | Formation
March 6 is the anniversary of Jean-Marie Odin, CM being consecrated a bishop in 1842. Who was this French missionary to the early United States?
#IamVincent: Self examination
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2016 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Lent is a time for self examination. On his blog, self-described, “Writer. Performer. Youth worker. Educator. What I know is eclipsed by what I don't. Working and writing for justice in all the ways I know how. Radical imagination. I'm coming for whiteness” Michael...
Not Just Interesting, But Moving
by Tom McKenna, CM | Mar 2, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
“Not Just Interesting, But Moving” (Exodus 3; Psalm 103) There’s a difference between things that are interesting and things that are intriguing, between things which make us curious and things which actually move us. I can pick up a score of a symphony and...
Team: Collaborative style in systemic change
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 2, 2016 | Formation, Systemic change
Team. We say it often. In our efforts in collaboration for systemic change, we spend a lot of time trying to find people with the right talents, and the right capacities. But we pay less attention to creating the right atmosphere for a particular mix of personalities....
Now on Social: The GrantSpace Blog
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 1, 2016 | Formation, Social
Often these days, a blog gets overlooked. Why? Because it doesn’t talk about missionaries, or ministers. It talks about volunteers. For sure, there is a great difference in a person who comes to serve because they are called: a vocation to ministry; or because of...
Banquet for the holy and not so holy
by Ross Dizon | Mar 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus invites even sinners to the banquet of the kingdom. The strict practitioners of religion complain once again that Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. They probably deride him, whispering to each other, “You cannot take him to any banquet.” But again, too,...
Lent and Louise
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 1, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Lenten Reflection by Denise Bondy: Lent 2016 brings us back to the desert. For my husband and me that means the desert of western Arizona as well as our own personal deserts. There are people who don’t like the desert. They think of it as a place of vast...
Collaboration is… get inspired by diversity
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 29, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Vincentian Family is made of many and diverse branches and people. The personalities and spirituality of St. Vincent, St. Louise, St. Elizabeth Seton, Bl. Frédéric, and of many others have so many facets that it is difficult to cover them in full. We tend to focus...