“How beautiful it is to see poor people if we consider them in God and with the esteem in which Jesus Christ held them!” – St. Vincent
Tomaž Mavrič
A Wide-angle View – Vocations To the Charism
Fr. Mavric invites every member of the Vincentian Family to take one very concrete step; that is, every member is to bring one new candidate to one of the branches of the Vincentian Family.
Prayer is…
A reminder of all the beautiful ways that prayer is described in the Lenten Letter of Fr. Tomaž Mavrič. May prayer be at the center of my life, as it was for St. Vincent de Paul, Mystic of Charity.
2019 Lenten Calendar
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.
The Heart of University Life is a Project of Discovery
In his September 25 visit to Niagara University, Superior General Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., spoke powerfully of the heart of university life as a project of discovery. Discovery of one’s calling in life begins when we have the courage to encounter ourselves and our...
“His Love… Keeps Surprising us Today, Here and Now!”
In this third reflection on the Advent letter by Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM, we are invited to meditate on "His Love... keeps surprising us today, here and now!" These weekly reflections, based on the letter of the Superior General, are offered with the hope that they...
A Call from Vincent at Rome: “You will be on the right path!”
"You will be on the right path, the path that will lead you to the highest point of happiness and meaning in your life." Calling to all people to join the grand movement of the Vincentian Family, its spiritual animator -- today's St. Vincent -- Fr. Tomaž...
The Vincentian Charism: A Road to Sanctity
At his closing homily for the 400th anniversary, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., 24th...
Symposium of the Vincentian Family 2017
"I believe it is a gift from God to us to be able to celebrate this event together with Pope Francis, who will join us on Saturday, October 14. We are also privileged to have the reliquary with the Heart of St. Vincent, which has begun its journey throughout the...
Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Embraces the Vincentian Family in the World
Father Tomaž Mavrič, CM, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, “embraces” the Vincentian Family throughout the world with a message of spiritual union in view of the Symposium that will take place in Rome from the 12the to...
Homily of the Superior General During 400th Anniversary Celebrations in Poland
Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission took part in main celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of Vincentian Charism in Poland. On Sunday, September 24, Fr. Tomaž preached the homily during the jubilee Mass at Basilica of St. Vincent de Paul in Bydgoszcz, Northern Poland. We share it with you.
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič writes about vocations to his Confreres… and to us!
Writing to his confreres on the topic of vocations in this anniversary years, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., spiritual animator of the whole Vincentian Family addresses all of us. A few months ago, I was approached by an international leader of a lay branch of the Vincentian...
