Lent

Lenten Video Series, Day 35: Have Your Way

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | April 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Hardships and unwanted sacrifices will not cease, but you will learn how to overcome them.

Lenten Video Series, Day 34: The Big Picture

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | April 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Faith played an enormous role in the building of America. Our ancestors made enormous sacrifices for us to be here today. Patrick Shea believes we’re all here for a reason, and we need to set ourselves on a righteous path.

Lenten Video Series, Day 33: Little Hours

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | April 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Seminarian Thomas Cipolla shares insight on the small sacrifices we make every day through reflective prayer.

Lenten Video Series, Day 32: Chance of a Lifetime

by The Miraculous Medal Shrine | April 7, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

The reward we get for sacrifice and almsgiving is eternal, it’s personal, it’s fulfilling in every way.

Journey Through Lent With Saints Vincent and Louise (March 05)

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 4, 2023 | Formation

St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.

Journey Through Lent With Saints Vincent and Louise (March 04)

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 3, 2023 | Formation

St. Vincent and St. Louise speak to us in a brief quote for each day of Lent.

Fr. Maloney Reflects on Pilgrimage as a Metaphor

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 3, 2023 | Formation

Pilgrimage is a metaphor for Lent, for our journey with the poor, and for the whole Christian life.

The Stations of the Cross with Bishop Barron (Video)

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 15, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Lent reminds us to take time for God and reflect. To aid us in this, many online resources are available.

Lenten Meditation: The Cross for Vincentians

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 10, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Some thoughts, this Lent, about sharing the self-giving love of Christ with each other.

2019 Lenten Calendar

by .famvin | Mar 8, 2019 | Formation

Famvin’s 2019 Lenten Calendar will help remind you to try the daily meditative prayer and other practices outlined in Superior General Fr. Tomaž Mavrič’s Lenten and Advent letters.

Questions Leading to “Metanoia” or Changing our Way of Thinking

by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change

One of the big challenges many of us face is not only to think beyond ourselves. We also need to change the way we think about how we serve the needs of our sisters and brothers.

Stations of the Cross by Vincentian Lay Missionaries

by .famvin | Mar 25, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem...

Lent with St. Vincent and St. Louise

by Famvin Media Resources | Mar 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

The key to fruitful observance of the practices of Lent is to recognize their link to baptismal renewal. We are called not just to abstain from sin during Lent, but to true conversion of our hearts.

Questions and Answers about Lent and Lenten Practices

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 18, 2018 | Formation

Only two weeks to go. Because you asked... Q. Why do we say that there are forty days of Lent? When you count all the days from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, there are 46. A. It might be more accurate to say that there is the "forty day fast within Lent."...