A student asks St. Vincent, “What can I learn from Covid?”

by Famvin Media Resources | October 14, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments
In his time and place St. Vincent helped many basic human rights to become recognized as obvious and evident.
by Famvin Media Resources | October 7, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments
Presentation about the special connection between St. Catherine and St. Vincent de Paul.
by Famvin Media Resources | September 23, 2022 | Formation | 1 Comment
Video based on an article by Alvaro Quevedo Patarroyo, C.M.: “Saint Vincent, Priest of Charity at the Service of the Poor: Caring for Spiritual and Temporal Needs.”
by Famvin Media Resources | September 18, 2022 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments
In Vincent’s time, the poor were largely neglected, illiterate, and spiritually ignorant. The clergy were sadly inadequate. St. Vincent founded the Congregation of the Mission to preach to the country poor and to help reform the clergy.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
A student asks St. Vincent, “What can I learn from Covid?”
by Famvin Media Resources | Oct 30, 2020 | Formation
Let us commit to clothing ourselves in an attitude that will help us to “turn the medal over”.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
I wish I could be more patient and kind! Is this something you would hear Vincent talk about?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
We just marked two anniversaries – the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis and the 400th anniversary of the Vincentian charism or way of following Christ the Evangelizer of the Poor. What are the lessons for us?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
“The only difference between a saint and a sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 3, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
What are the events in our lives that open our eyes to spiritual poverty? What are the events that bring us face to face with physical sufferings we tend to be blind to?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
How should Vincentians deal with the politics of power? Can we learn anything from what St. Vincent did in his context?
by John Freund, CM | Nov 19, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus and St. Vincent de Paul are cheering Pope Francis, not only for calling for this annual day of remembrance of those who are poor but also for his casting it in the framework of the Beatitudes.
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 22, 2017 | Formation
Make use of these resources in sharing St. Vincent’s story and our spirituality as we approach the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul.
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
A church characterized by the five virtues of Vincent de Paul might appeal to millennials and “nones”.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
We all know Vincent did amazing things over the course of his lifetime. But, if you look how much money was involved in his ministries it is truly eye-opening and mind-boggling. He had to be a financial genius to manage all this.
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Over time these confraternities became the principal means through which de Paul engaged with devout Catholic women, who were excluded by their sex from expressing their faith through the functions of ordained ministry but aspired to find alternative means of doing so.