As we begin the year Pope Francis has dedicated to Consecrated Life VinFormation offers this photo essay based on the...
Digital media
A new level of collaboration!
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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”
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
"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)
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...
