“Youth and Life” is a civil association founded in 2002 by Father Miguel Blázquez Avix, CM dedicated to protecting at risk children by providing them with a home.
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by Famvin Media Resources | September 11, 2020 | Formation | 1 Comment
A presentation about St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M.
by John Freund, CM | September 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
It has been written of Frederic Ozanam: “While innovators wore themselves out with theories for changing the world, these young men set about climbing up to the floors where the misery of the poor hid.”
by Jim Paddon | September 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
We in Canada must also face reality that we must come to terms with the issue of racism.
by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | September 10, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Justice and Peace, Reflections | 0 Comments
“More than 95% of those who cycle through [Project HOME]… have never again returned to life on the streets— a success rate that has made the program a model for dozens of other U.S. cities.”
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
“Youth and Life” is a civil association founded in 2002 by Father Miguel Blázquez Avix, CM dedicated to protecting at risk children by providing them with a home.
by .famvin | Sep 4, 2021 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: An Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 3, 2021 | Formation
In this video from their “Seeds of the Mission” series, Rick Moreci, Director of Housing, Dining, and Student Centers at Depaul University, talks about their student Food Pantry.
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 6, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The story of the Canadian foundation of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax begins when four American ladies, black-robed, black-capped, landed in Halifax from the Cunard liner "Cambria" on May 11, 1849. They came from New York City, these first Sisters of Charity, in...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Experience a different way to travel to Kenya with the Congregation of the Mission in this multimedia story rooted in the work of a local liturgical artist– an integration of text, audio, and photography. Be sure your sound volume is turned on to fully experience the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 3, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections
"I think daily prayer is what inspires our day–keeps us going, gets us back on track when we're a bit off," says Daughter of Charity Julie Kubasak. "Oh, sure, there are times in life when we may be feeling like we are just "putting time in" rather than praying. And...
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured Videos, Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
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by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Formation
Vocation Vacation By S. Janet Gildea - Summertime … and the livin’ is easy … fish are jumpin’… and the cotton is high …” So begins the latest issue of E-Voc, the electronic newsletter from the Vocation Team of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati for single women...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
Remembering those who are poor: …looking at “Laudato Si” through the eyes of a Daughter of Charity Reflections from the international site of the Daughters of Charity... Pope Francis’ recently issued encyclical contains much for a Daughter of Charity and those who...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2015 | Formation, News
July 4: Feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati again and again made the choice to devote his life to the poor and indigent despite his aristocratic upbringing. In 1918 Pier Giorgio joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. By that time, he...
by Ross Dizon | Jun 30, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 5, 2015 – Ez 2, 2-5; 2 Cor 12, 7-10; Mk 6, 1-6 When I am weak, then I am strong (2 Cor 12, 10) Jesus came to his own people, but they did not accept him. Is he not a stranger to us who claim to be his own? God reveals to...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2015 | Formation
Given the profound questions Pope Francis is raising about our society it might be very instructive to take a few minutes to watch a series of videos in which Dr. Raymond Sickinger, Ph.D. leads discussion of a paper by Dr. David L. Gregory, Ph.D., entitled “Antoine...