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The May installment is “Louise de Marillac: A Woman of the Church”. For more information and to download in various formats, click here.

We offer this new presentation featuring 5 practical tips on How To Resist the Shallow “Commodity Culture”, by following the example of Frederic Ozanam. Based on the Vincentian Heritage Journal Article “Frédéric Ozanam’s Tactical Wisdom For Today’s Consumer Society” by Thomas McKenna, C.M.

Test your knowledge of all things Vincentian!
Vincentian Jeopardy: Classic Edition (one-player);
Systemic Change Edition (three-player)
(Note: Vincentian Jeopardy is Flash-based, meaning it will play on most computers, but not on iPad or iPhone.)

Do you have an idea for an online course? Perhaps a series of readings, followed by discussions using social media or in blog format? Maybe with a small group using video conferencing? If you are a Vincentian educator or any Vincentian interested in forming a group, contact us. If you have ideas and/or material, we can help with the technology. … Read More

Check out April’s installment of the eBook of the Month series. This month, as part of this follow-up series to the Year of Faith, we learn that in order to be faithful to our vocation we do not have to move heaven and earth, we do not have to cross oceans or produce marvelous wonders… in fact, we can simply be humble “useless servants” of God’s plan with regard to those who are poor.

Send us your powerPoints, DVDs, or any other traditional presentations/resources and we can convert or restyle them for online use. Help us build our collection and share your knowledge with the next generation of Vincentians. For more information, visit vinformation.org/en/teach.

Click here to view a new video celebrating St. Louise’s Feast Day. Entitled “Getting to Know St. Louise de Marillac Through Her Letters”, the video takes us through 7 excerpts from Louise’s writings, with a soft music backdrop and images of St. Louise.

We just posted a new video adaptation, featuring excerpts from Fr. Gregory Gay’s Lenten Letter set to tranquil music. Click to view.

This Lent – Stations of the Cross for Vincentians, in a mobile-phone-friendly format. Go to bitly.com/vstations. For easy access, you can save the link as a bookmark on your phone’s home screen.

The story of a Vincentian missioner who left his “comfort zone” to do God’s will, relocating to China where priests were desperately needed. Though he constantly struggled to learn the local language, he once wrote that “It’s much better for them to have me, ignorant and all as I am, than to have no priest.” See the presentation here.