by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
“God’s Geese with winged cornetes? Simple blue habit? Fr. Thomas McKenna, CM offers his reflections… My Friends in Christ, This issue, I write to you about “A Family Trait.” More than two million women and men identify themselves as members of the...
by Famvin Media Resources | Jun 28, 2013 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Our new presentation illustrates how Bl. Pier Giorgio chose time and again to make right choices, despite both his parents being unreligious, and despite his position as the heir to a prestigious politician and newspaper man. He could have done anything he wanted, but...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 14, 2013 | Formation
Three cents on the dollar! – Above the law: America’s worst charities ranked by money blown on soliciting and administrative costs. (CNN has partnered with the Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting to showcase the results of their...
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
A powerful 2 minute video used by a Vincentian systemic change project to reach 650,000 people on behalf the homeless in one day. The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in collaboration with Westminster Cathedral administer The Passage, London’s...
by Famvin Media Resources | May 14, 2013 | Church, Congregation of the Mission, Formation, News
This month in our Year of Faith series, a new presentation on the life of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, CM, missioner to China and holy martyr. Read about his childhood in southern France, his vocation story, his journey to China, the persecutions and cruel tortures he...
by John Freund, CM | May 6, 2013 | Formation
Gerald O’Collins SJ asks us to think about the way in which Jesus identified himself with the homeless, and took every opportunity to speak about and help them. When we consider that Jesus himself was homeless for much of his life, how does this challenge us to see...
