Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 [box...

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | February 8, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Social, Social Media | 1 Comment
A new podcast series to fuel your prayer – The God Minute
by Famvin Media Resources | March 22, 2019 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Social Media | 0 Comments
Sister Rejane Cytacki, SCL, generously shares some great ideas about fasting from “time-eaters”– those things that take our focus away from our prayer relationship with God.
by John Freund, CM | December 8, 2018 | Evangelization, Formation, Reflections, Social Media, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments
Do you know the address of the Facebook page that has been “liked” by 2.9 million people?
by John Freund, CM | October 26, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media, Technology: Issues and Uses | 0 Comments
I must admit “Finding Charity in Art: The Challenge of the Vincentian Festival” surprised me into prayer! “
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 27, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Social Media
Alienation makes for a different type of stranger. There are unseen wounds. https://youtu.be/fr1NumLiv54 [box...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 18, 2016 | Social, Social Media
Facebook says: The image you upload must be at least 399px wide–one that’s at least 720px wide will work best. You can...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 27, 2016 | Announcements, Social
People are signing up for their Vincentian Telegram! Don't be left out 🙁 Wouldn't you like to be part of a select...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 17, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
With the constant march of technology, more and more people are accessing their daily news on their "smartphone." In addition to the apps on VinFormation, Famvin is happy to announce VinFeed, VinFeedES, and VinFeedPOLSKA: news readers that draw some of the latest news...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 21, 2011 | News, Technology: Issues and Uses
Some facts... "Some 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages. People's preferences....The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project asked those texters in a survey how they prefer to be...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 28, 2011 | Social Media
It depends! Here are some words of wisdom from a long time Non-profit activist, Jayne Cravens. The primary goal of a nonprofit, NGO, government agency or mother mission-based organization in using Twitter isn't for its messages to go viral (to be retweeted/resent on a...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
"...this year, (Our Sunday Visitor) in recognition of the Internet’s ever-growing presence in our lives — not just in our home and office computers, but in our cars, our TVs, our phones, our pockets and our purses — we’re taking a look at the apps, e-books,...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
The Huffington Post presents an article "10 Digital Commandments: Dos And Don'ts For Religion On The Web" by James Martin, S.J..author, 'The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything".
by John Freund, CM | Jun 11, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
There are a variety of ways for nonprofits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), schools, government agencies and other mission-based organizations to involve volunteers to help with short-term projects relating to computers and the Internet, and short-term...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2011 | Formation, Technology: Issues and Uses
A general good source for all things tech is www.techsoup.org. They are the donation "portal" for the software and hardware industries. A blogger writes..."As a Catholic religious order fundraiser I often use them for donations of software." While some companies will...
by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
First things first, technology (whether it be equipment, software, internet technologies, etc.) are tools to accomplishing things. Just like Priests began using cars to get around within their communities and telephones to better keep in contact with their parish...