As we begin the year Pope Francis has dedicated to Consecrated Life VinFormation offers this photo essay based on the...
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A new level of collaboration!
by John Freund, CM | November 14, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments
Now if we could just get all the competing factions in the world to use technology to build the human community!
Surprising lessons from 10,000,000 YouTube views
by John Freund, CM | October 30, 2014 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Tech savvy at 90
by John Freund, CM | October 23, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Sister Mary Vincentia Maronick demonstrates that she’s tech savvy on her 90th birthday
Holy Hangout with the Vincentian Family!
by John Freund, CM | October 5, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Social, Social Media, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Vincentian Collaboration via YouTube (Holy) Hangouts will address the importance of working together to serve the poor marking the beginning of a new series with October’s Vincentian Family Hangout,
A new level of collaboration!
by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Now if we could just get all the competing factions in the world to use technology to build the human community!
Surprising lessons from 10,000,000 YouTube views
by John Freund, CM | Oct 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
In Surprising lessons from 10,000,000 YouTube views Fr. Robert Barron reflects on that milestone. He writes..."John...
Vinnie and Louise – Saints as presented by Busted Halo
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Saints of Our Lives is Team Busted Halo acting out the lives of the saints in soap opera fashion for your educational and entertainment pleasure. In our first episode of Saints of Our Lives, we dramatize the lives ofSt. Vincent De Paul and Louise De Marillac. Listen ...
AIC offers online diploma
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
More than 650 AIC volunteers and members of the Vincentian Family have signed up for the AIC Diploma, a distance learning program developed by the AIC Regional Coordination team in Latin America and which should spread to other continents in time. The AIC diploma...
Media Savvy Junior Ladies of Charity
by John Freund, CM | Apr 12, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Ladies of Charity website draws our attention to this YouTube produced by the Junior Ladies from St. Jerome, Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. produced this YouTube video.
With blood on our hands?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 9, 2014 | Formation
The somber realization that the crucifixion of innocent humans happens on a daily basis is sobering. We are approaching a week that encompasses our salvation history, including the hope of the eucharistic banquet, the healing of the crucifixion (by his wounds we are...
Vincentian prayer cards – Then… and Now
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Before Pinterest, Flickr, Instagram, etc. there were ... Holy cards. "Those of a certain age" remember well these religious images of our youth. In the age of photo sharing it seems that old practice is ripe for revival. In this digital age VinFormation is happy to...
Apps and low income communities
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
What if you are a smartphone owner who needs food stamps? Or you want to access a “daily deal” that offers free museum admissions to low-income New York City families? While there are no apps for that, increasingly there’s a demand for smartphone software that serves...
“The Excluded Are Still Waiting”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2014 | Formation
Digital artist Sr. Ellen LaCapria, D.C. offers a visual aid to enter into contemplation about those excluded and trapped in cycles of poverty. This image arose from her reflection on Pope Francis' Gospel of Joy. This is the second installment of her weekly artistic...
Reasons to ENGAGE with technology in Lent
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2014 | Vincentian Family
"Lent is also a time of confrontation, as we come face to face with the poverty in ourselves." G. Gregory Gay, CM Superior General Congregation of the Mission. Lent is a time to grow in our understanding and commitment Christ. Perhaps that is why I was struck by...
Vincentians’ Way of the Cross (App)
by John Freund, CM | Mar 3, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Vincentians’ Way of the Cross (App) This Lent we bring you the Stations of the Cross for Vincentians, in a mobile-phone-friendly format. Special prayers were written by Lynn L’Heureux of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Canada. To view the Vincentians’ Way of the...