When the last week of April was around the corner, my heart started beating faster and faster. The reason for that was...
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Pentecost In 2 Minutes #IamVincent
Vincent was a "Pentecost person." https://youtu.be/J5tr4pqWIo4 The folks at Busted Halo say, "The Holy...
Collaboration #3: Leadership #IamVincent
Last year (2015-2016) was the Year of Collaboration for the Vincentian Family. With all the activity and planning...
Serving the Inmates, #IamVincent
In July, a group of 12 young people participated in the yearly labor camp organized by the Prison Ministry Chaplaincy in Martutene Prison (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with Spanish Penitentiary Institution. The young people reflected on the experience:...
Mini-Retreat: Renewal in the Vincentian Spirit with Frédéric Ozanam
Two themes -- continuity and renewal -- emerge from a study of the lives of St. Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam, says Jaime Corera, C.M.. The Second: RENEWAL. Frederic Ozanam was extremely sensitive to the idea of social change. Not only was he sensitive to this...
Mini-Retreat: Continuity in the Vincentian Spirit with Frédéric Ozanam
Two themes -- continuity and renewal -- emerge from a study of the lives of St. Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam, says Jaime Corera, C.M. First: CONTINUITY. The thinking and writings of Frederic point out a more profound continuity, a continuity that goes to the...
#famvin400 Breaking the Code of Silence
Reconciliation in the Anniversary Year When people are hurt, they shut down, they have entered another kind of deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there's no answer. People adopt a Code of Silence because they are afraid. Vincentians are called to serve body and...
Recommit to Non-Violence #IamVincent
Violence is sometimes the fruit, sometimes the cause of poverty. Non-violence has deep Christian roots. To say #IamVincent means to commit to a stance that rejects violence, so the poor will not suffer. As Christians committed to a more just and peaceful world we are...
Missionaries @NiagaraUniv are Home!
The other day we told you about some missionaries from Niagara University who went to Haiti. They're home, and there's more news to tell! WIVB Buffalo tells the good news: Niagara University seniors Morgan Dahlberg and Amber Mis are used to being students, but for the...
Are you a Candidate for the .famvin Editorial Team?
Our international digital network, .famvin, has been very lucky over the last 20 years to work with a team of excellent editors, several of whom have served from the very first day on. We are grateful to all of the volunteers who have shared or continue to share their...
Vincentian Self-worth
Self-worth is not a phrase that would have been much discussed in the 17th century. You're not going to find it in the lexicon of St. Vincent. But the concept was not foreign to him. He knew that of human worth (and because of that, self-worth) was founded on what God...
Niagarans Work Hand in Hand @NiagaraUniv
Sometimes two goals can work hand in hand. Mixing educational experience with concrete and valuable service is a hallmark of the Niagara University experience. Niagara University and Hand in Hand for Haiti signed a formal agreement in September 2014 in which NU...
