by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 22, 2017 | Formation
Continuing our celebration of the anniversary of the origin of the Congregation of the Mission, January 25, 1617, here we’re highlighting the 200th Anniversary of Vincentian service to the poor and marginalized in the United States. Earlier in 2016, we...
by Javier F. Chento | Jan 22, 2017 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
The Interprovincial Commission of the Congregation of the Mission in Spain, appointed by the Provincials to prepare the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism, offers us a prayer so that we can use it both personally and in groups, on the occasion of the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 22, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
From America Magazine comes this insightful piece on why and how to be a witness. In a recently aired episode of the radio show “This American Life,” writer Jack Hitt tells a story about explaining Christmas to his 4-year-old daughter. One day, when she...
by Elizabeth Astridge | Jan 21, 2017 | News
DePaul Art Museum will offer two winter exhibitions, “Four Saints in Three Acts” and “The Many Faces of Vincent de Paul: Nineteenth-Century French Romanticism and the Sacred.” Both exhibitions open Jan. 26 and run through April 2. “Four Saints in Three...
by Giuseppe Turati | Jan 21, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
“An historic encounter:” that’s what it was called by Joe Agostino C.M. (the Vincentian Family Office Coordinator) and Aidan Rooney CM (Coordinator of .famvin, the web and social media services of the Family), the two organizers of the meeting. And...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 21, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In Luke 4, we hear Jesus saying what this will look like. What will Jesus’ ministry as the Messiah entail? What does he intend to do? What are his plans and priorities? Jesus tells us, in very direct and succinct terms.
by Philip Kosloski | Jan 21, 2017 | Church, News
Living in the United States, it is easy to get the false impression that saints only come from Europe, especially if someone attends daily Mass — the liturgy celebrates the lives of numerous holy men and women who lived in a place and time very much removed from our...
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jan 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
“Divine Providence willed to make use of women to show that it was His goodness alone which desired to aid afflicted peoples and to bring them powerful helps for their salvation. […] The Ladies of the Company of Charity recognized the needs of the poor and that...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 20, 2017 | Formation
The origin of the Congregation of the Mission is inseparable from the personal vocation of Vincent de Paul. In January 1617 Vincent […] was asked to go to Gannes, a village that was part of the de Gondi estate, in order to hear the confession of a dying man. He...
by Belinda A. Davis | Jan 20, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, News
Have you seen the Seton Harvest video? It is an organic, sponsored farm in Evansville, IN. Food grown and harvested is shared with local shareholders and the poor in the surrounding community. Watch this 6-minute video below. Seton Harvest from StoryPoint Films on...