The Vincentian Family is on the move in Africa and Madagascar. In 2009, we were making plans. What follows is an...
Formation: Collaboration Reflections
Collaboration: From Advantageous Strategy to a Strategic “Must”
In a recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, collaboration was on the agenda again. This time, for a...
Vincentians United Against Poverty
Be inspired by this presentation of quotes from St. Vincent de Paul on aspects of collaboration.
Editorial: Collaborating to “Feed” the Vincentian Family
Two years ago, when famvin.org was a project of the Congregation of the Mission, a trio of Vincentian priests - John Maher, C.M., Joseph Agostino, C.M., and famvin.org's founder John Freund, C.M. - consulted with many others and produced a plan approved by the...
Collaboration #3: Leadership #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the third of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
Collaboration #2: The People #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the second of a three-part "reworking" of...
Collaboration #1: The Culture #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning around the 400th anniversary, we can forget that to say #IamVincent means to do the work. Here's the first of a three-part "reworking" of a timely article...
Homily of Fr. Mavrič at the Vincentian Family Mass
Rev. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. 24th Successor to Saint Vincent de Paul Homily, July 10, 2016 https://youtu.be/cNhozEvQBXA It is with great joy and thankfulness to God that I would like to extend my warmest greetings to all the members of the different branches of the...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (8)
8. ...with feet firmly on the ground… from time to time... I am aware that the statements or hypotheses that I have advanced in the previous post may seem, perhaps rightly, too lofty, not viable in the short term. So, I will try to reduce my expectations to proposals...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (7)
7. Let us anticipate the future... It is not the time for sterile lamentations. There is distressing lack of vocations to the priesthood and to religious life in the Church today, at least in developed and traditionally Catholic countries. It is conceivable that...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (6)
6. The pastoral relationship with the laity in the Vincentian family. It’s time for the laity to set their clocks to the correct time. The idea may seem new, but it is part of our Vincentian cultural heritage and also of the Church in general, at least since Vatican...
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (5)
On our real life conditions. Our standard of living, in general, does not come close to that of the real poor in our society. Many who are near us have no fixed jobs and have to hold on to anything to survive... In many cases, our standard of living is also far away...
