The mission of the Children of Mary, and its successor the Vincentian Marian Youth Movement, was confided by God to St. Catherine Labouré, through the Blessed Virgin Mary’s apparitions. On this date in 1847, Pontifical approval of the Children of Mary was obtained.
The youth branch of the Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth, sends us its December newsletter.
A brief history, a video, and a theme from their Book of Prayers: “Your life matters to me.”
The folks at JMV are about to renovate their website, and have embarked on a collaborative project to promote participation in website design.
“Today, we ask that would have the intention in your prayers for the First Virtual Meeting the year of the Latin American Coordinating Team”
With this theme we journey as an Association toward the IV General Assembly of the VMY which will take place in Salamanca, Spain (July 2015).
Vincentian Marian Youth representatives meet on January 8-9, 2015, in Kyiv.
Participants at the International Meeting of Advisors for the Vincentian Marian Youth (Paris, 2014) composed the following adaptation of the Beatitudes…
“Let me begin this session on Prayer by asking you to place yourself on one of the chairs that is pulled up to the table at The Last Supper of Jesus. You are three seats over from Jesus and you notice that he’s getting still, as if preparing himself to stand up and say something.”
Today, I am referring to communication that leads to communion, creating in us a deeper appreciation of both the message and the messenger. It allows us to reflect on what we have heard or seen, and to respond in a relational way. It best expresses who we are, and honors the sacred in the other.
Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre knows first-hand the challenge of evangelizing young men and women. He was not always a Bishop. He was once a 16 year who learned to confront his fear of relating to people he did not know and were different from him. As a member...
Emmaus and the art of accompaniment addresses the question "what does it mean to mentor youth" and the opening talk of the first International Meeting of Advisors to the Vincentian Marian Youth (Paris, July 2014) focused on "The Art of Accompaniment" as portrayed in a...
