by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2015 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, News
Where in the USA are the Ladies of Charity? It is easy to find them now thanks to their new interactive map. Click on the link above to go to the fully interactive map of the Ladies of Charity Associations in the Southern region. The screen shot below is not active... by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2015 | Collaboration, Formation, Reflections
Sr. Maggie Reynolds, DC of Australia offers these reflections on Collaboration between two exceptional people Vincent and Louise They put into practice the words of Bonnie LeMelle Abadie quoted at the beginning of this essay: Collaboration is challenging,...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 28, 2015 | News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Confreres from the Vice-Province of SS. Cyril and Methodius involved in prison ministry in Odessa–a port city in the southern Ukraine–observed that inmates received little preparation to reenter society upon their release. This experience eventually led...
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 28, 2015 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Beginnings of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul The “Conference of Charity,” from which the Society of St. Vincent de Paul sprang, was founded in Paris in April, 1833 by a few young men and a Catholic newspaper editor. The principal founder was a man...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 28, 2015 | News
Archbishop Petro Malchuk called Blessed Marta Wiecka, DC the Apostle of Unity, whom the faithful of different denominations had addressed in their prayers at the ecumenical prayer meeting in Kiev. He added “Let us be up not in arms, but rather in prayer!”...