Jeanne-Marie Rendu was born in Confort, France. In 1802, she entered the mother house of the Daughters of Charity in...
Feast Days
Renewal of vows of the Daughters of Charity explained
by Pauline Lawlor, D.C. | April 7, 2024 | Formation | 1 Comment
On the feast of the Annunciation (usually March 25 but this year celebrated on April 8), Daughters of Charity all over the world will renew their vows. Why do the Daughters take annual vows? Listen as Sr. Pauline Lawlor, D.C., explains.
February 7 – Feast of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
by Famvin Media Resources | February 6, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
A presentation: Five Faces of Rosalie Rendu by Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M.
Blessed Rosalie Rendu: Spiritual and Human Portrait (Feast Day: February 7)
by Famvin Media Resources | February 3, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Who was this simple country girl who became a great symbol of Our Lord’s loving mercy toward those who are poor?
January 7: Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, D.C.
by Famvin Media Resources | January 6, 2024 | Formation | 0 Comments
Blessed Rosalie Rendu: Martyr of Charity
by Famvin Media Resources | Feb 5, 2021 | Formation
By her life, her works, her spirituality, she embodied the vision of a “martyr of charity” painted by Saint Vincent de Paul.
Blessed Rosalie Rendu, DC: Worker and Organizer for the Poor
by Famvin Media Resources | Jan 31, 2021 | Formation
In this video clip from the Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia, Sr. Marge Clifford, DC tells us about Blessed Rosalie Rendu, DC whose Feast Day is coming up on February 7.
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...
The Message of St. Catherine Labouré
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 25, 2016 | Formation
In this four-minute video produced by the Secretariado Internacional JMV, Sister María A. Infante, D.C. sums up the message of St. Catherine Labouré in four directives. Reflect on these points as we approach the Feast Day of St. Catherine on Nov. 28....
November 23: Fr. Thomas Judge, C.M.
by Famvin Media Resources | Nov 18, 2016 | Formation
November 23 marks the death (in 1933) of Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge C.M. of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission. Father Judge believed in the capacity of ordinary men and women to love and serve God in the ordinary circumstances of their lives.