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Fostering a Culture of Encounter on Our Streets

by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice | 0 Comments

Famvin Homeless Alliance: Vincentian Family Annual Theme 2018 ‘There was no room at the inn’ – Luke 2:7 Street Homelessness Looking after our homeless brothers and sisters living on the streets has been at the forefront of Vincentian charity since the inception of our...

Discovering Hope Through Home Visits

by .famvin | Aug 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

A video from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Seattle/King County Washington briefly discusses some of the things we learn through home visits with people living in poverty.

God’s Timing

by Patrick Kluesner, CVV 17 | Aug 12, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

When I think back before I started CVV, it was not what I had pictured myself doing after college. I am a planner and I had a five year plan for myself. I wanted to go abroad right after graduation and serve in a Spanish speaking country for the first year. This is...

Three Vincentian Values

by .famvin | Aug 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

On this Friday, a quick video message from Mark McGreevy of Depaul International.

Jesus’ Oxygen Mask

by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

All our Vincentian Family heroes and heroines needed the oxygen of a clear vision of who called them and what was their mission… Something that comes in prayerful awareness. How did they replenish their spiritual oxygen sources?

A Canadian View: A New Definition of Homelessness?

by Jim Paddon | Aug 9, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Deep in the heart of Texas, the government of the Unites States of America operates immigrant detention centres. Many countries have immigration detention centres, including Canada, but the Texas centres are operated in a very different way. They make a point of...

A Vincentian View: For the Greater Glory of God

by Pat Griffin, CM | Aug 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

A Vincentian View: “For the Greater Glory of God” A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to preach on the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola. As might be expected, I began to think about the Jesuits and then I toyed with the idea of how many Jesuits I could list. ...

Lord, Teach Us to Think Anew!

by John Freund, CM | Aug 8, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 2 Comments

Are we ready to leave the box of our normal thinking and to find the opportunity that lies disguised in this challenge? Show us the truth that will set us free.

New: Instagram Topic Channels

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 7, 2018 | Formation, Social, Social Media | 0 Comments

Why do I talk about Instagram and not SnapChat? Because every demographic needs their social media channel where I don’t bother them!

Hungry for the Living Bread, the Word Made Flesh

by Ross | Aug 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the living bread that came down from heaven. The hungry who eat him, the Word made flesh, will live forever. They murmur about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They behave as those hungry people who complained against God...

“What is Happening with Immigrant Reception Policies is Intolerable” (SSVP Italy)

by Di Trapani, CM | Aug 6, 2018 | Disasters and Responses, Formation, News | 0 Comments

"There is still a beautiful Italy, ready to welcome, to integrate, to give work, to help these people, be they refugees, asylum seekers or simply 'economic migrants.' An Italy that goes on thanks to their work, will, sacrifice. They are men and women like us,...