Well as you all know the pandemic has giving us what I call a “migrating experience.” Some of us have had to move from our workspaces to home spaces and create a job atmosphere.
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Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia
by Famvin Media Resources | July 26, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (feast day: July 30) faced and overcame many challenges and hardships. His humility, goodness, and charity inspired vocations to the priesthood and converted many others in 19th century Abyssinia.
Daring to Risk a Caring Response: The Sisters of Charity’s Service during the Spanish Influenza Pandemic
by Megan Simmermeyer | July 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
The Sisters of Charity, who embody a legacy of service and caring for others, met the challenge presented by the flu epidemic in 1918.
July 26: Arrival of Felix de Andreis, C.M., Joseph Rosati, C.M., and companions in the U.S.
by Famvin Media Resources | July 24, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments
They sailed to Baltimore, MD, primarily to establish a seminary in the Louisiana territory.
A Canadian View: Justice for All
by Jim Paddon | July 23, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 3 Comments
Poverty and racism have always been intertwined. If we do not include address both, it will be difficult to realize any positive results that may finally lead to Justice For All.
St. Vincent de Paul: One of the great saints of history (Part 2)
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 18, 2021 | Formation
"The originality of his version of Christianity is [a] reason that makes Saint Vincent de Paul one of the great saints...
Vincent de Paul: Working between Word and World
by Marieke van de Ven | Jul 17, 2021 | Formation
How an interest is awakened is not always easy to discern, but certainly the artwork with the characteristic face of Vincent de Paul on an exterior wall in Paris near Gare du Nord contributed to my interest in this seventeenth century man.
XT3 2015 interactive Lenten calendar
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
An interactive Lent Calendar 2015, featuring Indigenous artwork from Richard Campbell as well as images of our Catholic faith through the eyes of Indigenous Australians.
How do you Sisters do it!
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
When one looks at what dedicated women religious have done in health care, educationand in general, going to the peripheries” the question naturally arises. So just how do sisters keep writing “new chapters” in their lives?
Busted Halo – Go into the Desert for Lent
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
During this season of Lent, you are invited into the desert: a quiet place, with less of us and more of God.
Marked with Ashes – Fr. Pat Griffin, CM
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2015 | Formation
Unfailingly on this day, some people find a disconnect between the Gospel reading and the marking of our foreheads with ashes.
Who’s in the “New Family”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
Father Tom McKenna, CM reflects on Who’s In The “New Family”?
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame” (Job 29:15)
by John Freund, CM | Feb 11, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame” (Job 29:15) – Pope Francis reminds us “Time spent with the sick is holy time ”
Blessed curse
by Ross Dizon | Feb 10, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), February 15, 2015 – Lev 13, 1-2. 45-46; 1 Cor 10, 31 – 11, 1; Mk 1, 40-45 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ (1 Cor 11, 1) Jesus bears our infirmities and endures our sufferings. His true followers follow his example. A leper...
An Examination of Conscience for Vincentians
by John Freund, CM | Feb 9, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
An Examination of Conscience for Vincentians adapted from ‘Prayerbook, SSVP Council of Scotland
Quiz: How well do you know sin?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 5, 2015 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Quiz: How well do you know sin?