https://famvin.org/en/2018/04/11/do-you-pray-for-systemic-change-2/
Month: September 2018
From Awed Followers to Courageous Missioners – Getting Practical
https://famvin.org/en/2018/05/09/from-awed-followers-to-courageous-missioners-getting-practical/
Can We Recover Some “Forgotten Truths” About St. VIncent?
https://famvin.org/en/2018/05/02/can-we-recover-some-forgotten-truths-about-st-vincent/
This Is NOT an Appeal for Funds – Just Prayer
https://famvin.org/en/2018/09/28/this-is-not-an-appeal-for-funds-just-prayer/
The Heart of University Life is a Project of Discovery
https://www.cmeast.org/2018/09/27/the-heart-of-university-life-is-a-project-of-discovery/
Please remember +Mary Tobin, Eastern Province Affiliate
Your prayers are requested for Eastern Province Affiliate Mary Tobin and her family. She died peacefully yesterday morning,
The Heart of University Life is a Project of Discovery
“The Heart of University Life is a project of discovery.” This is how the Vincentian Superior General sees the ministry of higher education. In his career-focused to Niaraga University he spoke of the great power of a university in it faculty and students. I ask you to use it in ever more creative ways.
Thank You Vincent – You Changed Your World… and Our World
https://famvin.org/en/2018/09/26/thank-you-vincent-you-changed-your-world-and-our-world/
Caution! This Post May Lead to Addiction
You might not be aware there is a searchable database containing over 700 picture-quotes draw on the wisdom of St. Vincent and other Vincentian Heritage figures.
The Relevance of “Charity’s Saint” For Today
Vincent de Paul: Charity’s Saint is a wonderful documentary about Saint Vincent and Saint Louise:. If you have not seen it, or have not seen it in a while, take some time this week to enjoy the trailer or full-length movie available on YouTube
Why Bother About a Man Who Lived 400 Years Ago?
Why bother about a man who lived 400 years ago? Why are more than a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the world on fire with a passion to serve following in his footsteps?
Did St. Vincent Ever Envision Vincentian Universities?
The short answer to the question “Did Vincent ever envision Vincentian Universities?” is probably no. But that may not be the right question. Read what is happening. You be the judge!
Listen – What a Novel Idea!
Fr. Pat Griffin reflects on the lack of civil discourse today. He suggests that the real problem is our inability to listen before we speak or engage in a conversation or act.
Ministry Planning and Beating Dead Horses
https://famvin.org/en/2017/03/15/ministry-planning-and-beating-dead-horses/
If Einstein Is Right…
https://famvin.org/en/2018/04/04/if-einstein-is-right/
Do You Pray For Systemic Change?
https://famvin.org/en/2018/04/11/do-you-pray-for-systemic-change-2/
Advocacy, Going Against the Flow, As a Dimension of Holiness
https://famvin.org/en/2018/04/18/advocacy-going-against-the-flow-as-a-dimension-of-holiness/
An Ecological Or Systemic Change Approach To Vincentian Family Vocations
https://famvin.org/en/2018/04/25/an-ecological-or-systemic-change-approach-to-vincentian-family-vocations/
Eucharistic Underpinnings of Systemic Change
https://famvin.org/en/2018/05/23/eucharistic-underpinnings-of-systemic-change-copy/
From Awed Followers to Courageous Missioners – Getting Practical
https://famvin.org/en/2018/05/09/from-awed-followers-to-courageous-missioners-getting-practical/
Can We Recover Some “Forgotten Truths” About St. VIncent?
https://famvin.org/en/2018/05/02/can-we-recover-some-forgotten-truths-about-st-vincent/
Lessons From Nature – Systemic Change
https://famvin.org/en/2018/06/27/lessons-from-nature-systemic-change/
A Question That Built a City!
https://famvin.org/en/2018/06/13/a-question-that-built-a-city/
Changing Systems One Story At a Time
https://famvin.org/en/2018/06/06/changing-systems-one-story-at-a-time/
New Novena in Preparation for the Feast of St Vincent
The international website of the Congregation of the Mission is publishing texts of a newly developed novena in multiple languages.
Systemic Change Challenges Us To Mission
https://famvin.org/en/2018/07/25/systemic-change-challenges-us-to-mission-2/
Why Did Pope Francis Make 10 Startling Statements?
https://famvin.org/en/2018/07/18/why-did-pope-francis-make-10-startling-statements/
Where’s the Piccolo?
https://famvin.org/en/2018/07/11/wheres-the-piccolo/
The Miracle of Seeing
https://famvin.org/en/2018/08/29/the-miracle-of-seeing/
The Power of Stories 2.0
https://famvin.org/en/2018/07/04/the-power-of-stories-2-0/
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