On our real life conditions. Our standard of living, in general, does not come close to that of the real poor in our...
Formation: collaboration
A Vincentian Minute: What Why How 05
by Famvin Media Resources | February 18, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Fr. Rooney speaks about the things we do, and why and how we do it. This week: advocating for lay leadership.
A Vincentian Minute: What Why How 04
by Famvin Media Resources | February 11, 2024 | Formation | 1 Comment
Fr. Rooney speaks about the things we do, and why and how we do it. This week: surfacing gifts.
A Vincentian Minute: What Why How 03
by Famvin Media Resources | February 4, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Fr. Rooney speaks about the things we do, and why and how we do it. This week: a collaborative approach.
Collaboration has been part of our Vincentian story from the very beginning
by Famvin Media Resources | August 18, 2023 | Formation | 2 Comments
On August 23 we celebrate the anniversary of the founding by St. Vincent de Paul of the Ladies of Charity– the first organized expression of the Vincentian charism. This video explains that collaboration has been part of our Vincentian charism from the very beginning.
Open reflections in the Year of Vincentian Collaboration (4)
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...
Introducing a New Section on Collaboration!
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.,...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity – Zagreb
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 5, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The history of Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Zagreb began in 1845 when six Sisters of Charity from the Austrian Province of Tyrol came to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The province had its motherhouse in Zams, and traced its origin to Strassburg. The...
Celebrating Vincent
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 28, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In this week following the feast of St. Vincent, we're all invited to Connect and Learn, to Serve, and to Celebrate. Don't forget to read all the materials available at http://famvin.org/formation/year-ano-annee/ ; send in your stories and photos of celebrations to...
Serve: VMY Croatia: Rijeka, Kistanje and Split
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 28, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The VMY group in Croatia began in 2011 in Rijeka, in the convent of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Zagreb. It was due to evangelical (Vincentian!) witness and collaboration of the VMY group from Slovenia, who came to Rijeka in November 2011 to help us...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 28, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
A congregation founded in 1803 by Canon Triest, who was known as "the St. Vincent de Paul of Belgium ", for he was the founder as well of the Brothers of St. John of God , and the Sisters of the Infant Jesus. When curé of Lovendeghem he laid the foundations of this...
“Standing in the Right Place,” With Vincent
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 27, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
“Standing in the Right Place,” With Vincent Father Tom McKenna, CM preached this homily at the St. Vincent's Day celebration for St Vincent's day homily to the Vincentian Family in New Orleans. In his letter on Consecrated Life this past year, Pope Francis pointed to...
VFCAP Venezuela
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 25, 2015 | Collaboration, News, Vincentian Family
From VFCAP representative Remberth Falla: Around 80 Vincentian Family members from the eastern part of Venezuela are together to participate in the Vincentian Family Collaborative Action Program (VFCAP). The program is going forward with joy and enthusiasm. We're all...
Connect and Learn: Sisters of the Visitation of Mary (Hungary)
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 21, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Sisters of the Visitation of Mary (Anunciata) were established in 1883 at Budapest, Hungary, by several Daughters of Charity and Krankenjungfrauen (Nursing Sisters) who were sent to make a foundation and provide health care to the poor by Sister Leopoldine de...
Fr. Patrick Griffin reflects on Collaboration
by John Freund, CM | Sep 20, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fr. Patrick Griffin reflects on "Collaboration” in his series "Considering Consecrated Life" September 27th falls on a Sunday this year. For me, two elements emerge from that fact. One is that in a diocesan parish setting, I will need to use the proper readings of...
Connect and Learn: Missionary Catechists of the Miraculous Medal
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 14, 2015 | Formation, Other Branch News, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Archbishop Francis Beckmann, C.M., (1883-1963), was the 3rd archbishop of Panama. He promoted catechetical formation by organizing the First Catechetical Congress and by creating the School of Catechists. He always insisted upon the teaching of catechism as the basis...