Formation

Seeing Our Own Poverty, Clothing Ourselves in the Spirit of Jesus Christ

by Famvin Media Resources | October 30, 2020 | Formation | 0 Comments

Let us commit to clothing ourselves in an attitude that will help us to “turn the medal over”.

A Wide-angle View – Vocations To the Charism

by John Freund, CM | October 30, 2020 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family | 1 Comment

Fr. Mavric invites every member of the Vincentian Family to take one very concrete step; that is, every member is to bring one new candidate to one of the branches of the Vincentian Family.

Has a Cell Phone Become a Basic Need?

by Fr. Michael Carroll, CM | October 29, 2020 | Formation, Homelessness, Reflections | 8 Comments

Has the cell phone become a basis need for us… and those experiencing homelessness?

VLM/VMC Impact: The Decision to Be Vincentian at My Job and in My Life

by Emily Trefry | October 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

I was sure that I was not coming to Chepnyal to cause harm in anyway, therefore the promise of coming in peace and leaving in peace appeared easy.

Do No Harm

by Nuala Kenny | Dec 12, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

Convergence and commitment on child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The Vincentian Lay Missionaries in Ireland

by Famvin Media Resources | Dec 10, 2021 | Formation, News, Vincentian Lay Missionaries

Learn about the Vincentian Lay Missionaries in Ireland in this video produced by Vincentian Family Ireland.

What Is It like At a Papal Audience?

by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections

When I was growing up there was a wonderful series on that still new medium … television.

Frederick Ozanam – “The Book of the Sick”

by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2015 | Formation

The original work is an assemblage of passages from scriptures that he read with his wife, Amelie. It was at her suggestion that he collected them into a manuscript.

Snowflakes, and Vows, that wake up the world

by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity

Although community is largely what draws me to this vocation, I did not previously understand how deeply woven it is into poverty, celibacy and obedience.

Wise Asset Management in Kenya

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 22, 2015 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation, Systemic change

Exploring strategies for systemic change, wise asset management and grant writing is the focus of a gathering the Vincentian missionaries in Nairobi, Kenya these days. Sharing wisdom and seeking wisdom to move from subsidy to self-sufficency is the theme of the event....

FamVinES on Social Networks

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 21, 2015 | Formation, Social Media, Vincentian Family

Our Spanish speaking users of the FamVin network can now keep up on the go with the latest news of and from the Vincentian Family on our social media sites Facebook "famvin" and Twitter "famvinES", or anyone can click the "social" link on the black navigation bar...

Lenten Online Discernment Retreat

by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice

Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested

60 Seconds with Sister Julie Kubasak, DC

by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2015 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Reflections

How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister

Would a Missionary give up Swahili (Facebook) for Lent?

by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

What’s the first thing a missionary does? Learn the language. This is the language of the world we live. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. You could go “okay, I don’t like Swahili.”

Stir into flame… Tom McKenna CM

by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

The “Stir Into Flame” is from 2 Timothy 1: 1-8 — plays on Paul’s line here, and also Vincent’s “If love is a fire, then zeal is its flame.”

The lure of the desert

by Ross Reyes Dizon | Feb 17, 2015 | Formation, Reflections

First Sunday of Lent (B), February 22, 2015 – Gen 9, 8-15; 1 Pt 3, 18-22; Mk 1, 12-15 An appeal to God for a clear conscience (1 Pt 3, 21) Driven into the desert by the same Spirit that descended on him at the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the leader of the new exodus....