Formation

Vincentian Prayer Images: Two-tiered Society

by John Freund, CM | July 21, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment

St. Vincent and Saint Louise were keenly aware of a two-tiered society in their day

Vows of St. Elizabeth Seton’s Founding Community (July 19, 1813)

by Famvin Media Resources | July 19, 2020 | Formation, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments

Under an adapted Rule of the French Daughters of Charity approved by Archbishop Carroll, a novitiate was completed, and seventeen women became the first vowed American Sisters of Charity July 19, 1813.

July 18: First Apparition of Mary to St. Catherine Labouré

by Famvin Media Resources | July 17, 2020 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Formation | 0 Comments

The Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia is proud to announce its Saint ALIVE program, in which St. Catherine Labouré comes to life, sharing the story of Mary and the Miraculous Medal.

I Know What the Poor Need and Want!

by John Freund, CM | July 17, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

To be a missionary is to leave one’s proper world and one’s secure place in the world in order to enter the world of the other; it is to leave one’s place in order to enter the place of the poor and to accompany the poor with the gospel.

Vincentian Prayer Images: What Moved Saint Vincent? II

by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

JESUS SAYS, “GOD CHERISHES EACH OF YOU, PARTICULARLY THE POOREST AMONG YOU.”

Unaccompanied Minors at the Border

by Sr. Migdalia Flores, DC | Jul 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Sister Migdalia, a Daughter of Charity who has been working in El Paso, is a member of the “confraternity of Vincentians on the Border.” Here she shares with us the first of two reflections.

Spirituality for Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society (Video)

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 11, 2021 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul

The following video discusses key attributes of Vincentian spirituality, particularly for conference members of the...

Pope’s Lenten Message Denounces Globalization of Indifference

by John Freund, CM | Jan 27, 2015 | Formation, Pope, Reflections

Pope’s Lenten Message Denounces Globalization of Indifference

Cardinal whispered to Pope – Don’t forget the poor

by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Cardinal whispered to Pope – Don’t forget the poor

Pope – Family is first place we learn to communicate

by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

The family is the first place we learn to communicate, families teach us to go out of ourselves and encounter others.

“Go home and think about it”

by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections

“Go home and think about it” Do you really want to be a Daughter of Charity?

“…standing among 20 “young nuns” “

by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity

These women have risked a joyful “yes” to a road not often traveled.

“Evangelized by the poor” – will we walk away sad?

by John Freund, CM | Jan 21, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

“To learn how to receive with humility. To learn to be evangelized by the poor”

Have your boarding pass ready

by Ross Dizon | Jan 20, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), January 25, 2015 – Jon 3, 1-5. 10; 1 Cor 7, 29-31; Mk 1, 14-20 The time is running out (1 Cor 7, 29) The proclamation of the kingdom of God is also an invitation to repentance. “The kingdom of God is not a matter of food and drink,...