Reading the letters of St. Louise helps us see her humanness, as opposed to thinking of her as some faraway Saint.
Feast Days
Blesseds of the Vincentian Family: Bl. Ghebre-Michael
by Famvin Media Resources | August 28, 2020 | Formation | 0 Comments
Blessed Ghebre-Michael (Feast day: August 30) was an associate of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. in Ethiopia.
Feast of Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861-1936)
by Famvin Media Resources | August 2, 2020 | Formation | 0 Comments
Roman Catholic catechist. Member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Activist for Spanish Romani causes. Patron saint of Romani people. Victim of the Spanish Republican militias during the Civil War.
Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia
by Famvin Media Resources | July 26, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (feast day: July 30) faced and overcame many challenges and hardships. His humility, goodness, and charity inspired vocations to the priesthood and converted many others in 19th century Abyssinia.
First Meeting of the Confraternity of Spanish-Speaking Vincentian Musicians
by Vincentian Family Office | July 20, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Is it possible that the world of poverty can be overcome through music? Is it possible to create a world in which all the members of the Vincentian Family sing praise to God?
What does Blessed Rosalie Rendu teach us today?
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 7, 2021 | Formation
Presentation adapted from an article by Fr. Jean-Pierre Renouard, C.M.
February 7: Feast Day of Blessed Sister Rosalie Rendu
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 7, 2021 | Formation
Jeanne-Marie Rendu was born in Confort, France. In 1802, she entered the mother house of the Daughters of Charity in...
July 4: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 30, 2017 | Formation
In celebration of the feast day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4, take some quiet time to pray a special version of the Stations of the Resurrection, also known by the Latin name Via Lucis (Way of Light). Get to know Pier Giorgio through excerpts from his...
May 30: Feast of Bl. Marta Wiecka, D.C.
by Famvin Media Resources | May 26, 2017 | Formation
This week we highlight a member of the Vincentian Family, on the road to Sainthood. From the Daughters of Charity International website: For the Vincentian Family, each 30th of May is the Feast Day of Sr. Marta Wiecka, a Polish Daughter of Charity, whose life was...
May 23: Feast of St. Joan Antida Thouret
by Famvin Media Resources | May 19, 2017 | Formation
At 22, Joan Antida Thouret left her home and joined the Daughters of Charity. This life is an exile– a desert we must cross to reach our only true homeland which is heaven. – Saint Joan Antida Thouret https://youtu.be/rNIVuqOgZ8g In 1793, when the French Revolution...
Love Was the Driving Force of St. Louise de Marillac’s Life
by Famvin Media Resources | May 7, 2017 | Formation
"Anxiety over her son was the last major obstacle to the tranquility she needed to begin the Company. By 1633, she could devote herself to the spiritual formation of the Daughters and to foster the love they had for each other, which in turn was to be motivated by the...
May 9: Feast of St. Louise de Marillac
by Famvin Media Resources | May 5, 2017 | Formation
As St. Louise’s feast day approaches, we would like to highlight a series of three videos in which Sr. Louise Sullivan, DC talks with Sr. Elisabeth Charpy, DC about St. Louise’s life and works.
Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet: February 18
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 17, 2017 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Tomorrow is the feast day of one of our Vincentian Saints, Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. He was canonized by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2000. Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M., writes: His friends described him as filled with tenderness and compassion. He lived a long, full...
Feast of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 5, 2017 | Daughters of Charity, Formation
February 7 is the feast day of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C., whose humble example and message continue to reverberate in the minds and hearts of the Vincentian Family today.
January 7: Feast of Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, D.C.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 6, 2017 | Formation
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (20 October 1953 - 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Daughter of Charity who worked at a shelter where she was killed in 1993 after a man who was obsessed with her stabbed her 44 times. She was a beautiful soul who edified her companions...
Resources for Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 1, 2017 | Formation
January 4 is a major Feast Day in the Vincentian Family: the Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton adapted Vincent and Louise's spirituality and way of service to the early 19th century Catholic Church in America. She founded the Sisters of Charity...