St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. promoted indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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
St. Francis Regis Clet as Seen in his Letters
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 8, 2023 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Thomas Devitt, CM, presents excerpts from St. Francis Regis Clet’s letters from the period between 1812 and his execution in 1820.
July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 30, 2023 | Formation
The author Thomas Davitt, C.M. suggests that although biographers and illustrators have tended to place all the emphasis on his martyrdom, Francis Clet was, before anything else, a confrere.
Vincentian Feast Days This Week
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 29, 2021 | Formation
August 30 is the Feast Day of Blessed Ghebre-Michael, and September 2 is the memorial of the Congregation of the Mission’s Martyrs of the French Revolution.
Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861-1936), Member of Society of St. Vincent de Paul
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 1, 2021 | Formation
Member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, martyr, patron saint of Romani people.
Life of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M.
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 30, 2021 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
A brief presentation of the biography of St. Justin de Jacobis.
5 Faces of Justin de Jacobis
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 25, 2021 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation
Feast Day: July 30 Long after Justin’s death, Cardinal Massaia, who had ordained him, stated: After 35 years I can still, to a large extent, recall the sermons which I listened to in those days, so great was the impression which he made on me, and also on others… To...
Vincentian Footprints in China
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 9, 2021 | Formation
Presentation based on an article by Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. for the Vincentian Heritage Journal. [button...
St. Francis Regis Clet – Feast Day: July 9
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 4, 2021 | Formation
Learn about St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M. and his Vincentian mission in China around the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, in this presentation.
The Charity of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (Feast Day: July 4)
by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 2, 2021 | Formation
A video and some notes on charity written by Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was a conference member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the time of his death on July 4, 1925 at the age of 24.
St. Louise’s Road to Humility
by Famvin Media Resources | May 9, 2021 | Formation
A presentation from Chapter 15 of “Louise de Marillac: Come Winds or High Waters” by Élisabeth Charpy, D.C., (2018).
Louise de Marillac and the Priests of the Mission
by Famvin Media Resources | May 7, 2021 | Formation
Louise reflected on what she came to know about the early Congregation of the Mission and, as she liked to do with the important events of her life, she put her reflections into writing. The relationship and collaboration between St. Louise, the Daughters of Charity,...