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...
by Famvin Media Resources | May 1, 2013 | Formation
As we approach Mother’s Day in the United States, VinFormation presents: How St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Embodied Motherhood. (View or download by clicking the link.) She was mother to five children of her own and seven of her husband’s orphaned siblings....
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2013 | Formation, Vincentian Family
Two millions views on YouTube for a video on Homelessnes! Not bad for a group of DePaul University student filmmakers. A simple yet powerful first person account. Produced by DePaul student filmmakers, a YouTube video of a homeless man in Chicago discussing the...
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 20, 2013 | Formation
VinFormation offers two new presentations on Blessed Frederic. In the first, Frederic Ozanam: Social Justice Vision + Personal Action, we see how Ozanam defended the Truths of the Faith and assisted the poor in post-Revolutionary France, setting the stage for the... by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2013 | Formation
We have all experienced that awful moment when we realize that someone we love is no longer with us. In a guest post Susan Stabile invites us to enter into the experience of the disciples of Jesus – their world without Jesus. Today is Holy Saturday, the day on...
