by Javier F. Chento | May 23, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Reflections
4. On retirement and “early retirement” of family members… The bourgeois society in which we are immersed sneaks through the cracks of our familiar habitat, whether of one kind or another, of one branch or another. Creeping all too frequently into our life, and...
by Lynn L'Heureux | May 23, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Vincentian Day of Fast and Prayer – Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Vincentian Charism – Charism is a mystery. The meaning of the charism is revealed during the course of history and the Vincentian experience. No one — not even Saint Vincent — completely understands all...
by Vincentian Family Office | May 23, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation
Knowing the need for deeper collaboration among Vincentian Family groups in Taiwan, the Congregation of the Mission Chinese Province organized a workshop for Vincentian collaboration last week, May 16-19, 2016 . Ms. Pamela Mantuhac, a member of the design-team of...
by Famvin Media Resources | May 22, 2016 | Formation
It may be difficult for us to see any kind of practical relevance in the doctrine of the Trinity; it remains a mystery. But consider how Fr. Jerome Magat explains it in a May 24, 2013 article called Imitating the Trinity: The Trinity reveals to us the master plan of...
by Javier F. Chento | May 22, 2016 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The tomb of Blessed Frederic Ozanam is located in the crypt of the historic church of St. Joseph des Carmes in Paris. The church was the scene of some of the bloodiest massacres of ecclesiastics of the infamous Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Visitors...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 22, 2016 | Announcements, Collaboration, Formation
To keep collaboration up front, .famvin has created a new section on collaboration. Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M., international coordinator for .famvin, introduces the section on this video. (Don’t forget our “Find it!”...
by Elizabeth Astridge | May 21, 2016 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
SVDP Television Appearance: May 22, 24 and 27 on EWTN The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, National President Sheila Gilbert and National CEO Dave Barringer discuss how the Society can benefit a parish in an all-new episode of the Eternal Word Television Network...
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
We all know that we were made in the image and likeness of God. But think about the question Fr. Pat Griffin asked retreatants in his closing conference at a recent retreat. “When do I most experience myself as made in God’s image and likeness? I was amazed as he...
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Have you ever felt pestered by God? Tracy Kemme, SC has…and I suspect we all have at one point or another. Although she writes out of her experience as a young Sister of Charity of Cincinnati I suspect she is tapping into something that many can relate to regardless...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 20, 2016 | Formation, News
Sometimes we need help in strengthening our service. Here’s an example of how a Vincentian institution tries to take the best that the academic community has to offer in order to serve the poor better. Vincent was always after that. Do you want to say...
