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Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 12
Vincentian Prayer Images – Art By Vincentians 46
by Famvin Media Resources | March 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Share your thoughts on a weekly image of artwork made by members of the Vincentian Family.
New Wine, New Wineskins
by Mary Frances Jaster | March 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
We have a new baby in our family. Jacob is just two weeks old, and he has captured me in a surprising way. Why am I so surprised?
Lenten Conferences of Fr. Lacordaire No. 11
![Forming a community that shows the Lord’s love for all](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2024/04/icon-vincent-beggar-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Forming a community that shows the Lord’s love for all
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 5, 2024 | Formation
A presentation about Vincentian Spirituality.
![How Mary Experienced Her Son’s Resurrection](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/04/Empty-tomb-2-FI.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
How Mary Experienced Her Son’s Resurrection
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
“How was your Easter?” How many times have you said that recently? Usually, it leads to a lively conversation about family gatherings, etc.
![John 3:16 – Read It!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/10/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
John 3:16 – Read It!
by Tom McKenna, CM | Apr 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
If you’ve watched any sports events over the last decades, you’ve seen banners held high, calling attention to a famous passage in John’s Gospel.
Trials of Life
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...
Seton Shrine Offering Retreats To Those Who Need Them Most
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 30, 2023 | Formation
Watch a video to hear one of the retreatants tell his story.
Four + One (Gospels) • A Weekly Reflection with Vincent
by Mitxel Olabuenaga, C.M. | Jul 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
"As for myself, I don’t know, but God has given me such a high esteem of simplicity that I call it my Gospel. I have special devotion and consolation in saying things as they are." (CCD, IX, conference 52). "Everyone loves simple, candid people, who don’t use...
Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam
by .famvin | Jul 29, 2023 | Formation
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam— some curious points of coincidence [...]. Although both were born far from Paris (Ozanam in Italy), they were inhabitants of that city most of...
Video on St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (Feast Day: July 30)
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
The Pope Video • For World Youth Day
by .famvin | Jul 28, 2023 | Church, Formation, Reflections
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment:
Lessons From Those Flying Geese
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Just about everyone has seen a flock of geese flying in their trademark V-formation. They are a thing of beauty to behold…. if you can get beyond their negative effects at lower altitudes.
Five Faces of Justin De Jacobis
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
If I had to pick a single Daughter of Charity to present to the sisters as a model, I would pick Rosalie Rendu. If I had to pick a single missionary to present to the confreres, I would pick Justin de Jacobis.
Drinking At The Fountain of God’s Word (Isaiah 55: 10-11)
by Tom McKenna, CM | Jul 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
With this hot weather scorching many parts of the globe, it’s not hard to appreciate the metaphor the prophet Isaiah offers as a picture of how it is between ourselves and God — more specifically, between ourselves and the Word of God.