John Freund, CM
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Autumn Meeting Vincentian Family the Netherlands
Autumn Meeting Vincentian Family the Netherlands took place at Tilburg, 25 November 2015 The Dutch branches of the Vincentian family come together twice a year. These meetings are designed to meet, inform, and inspire each other. On Wednesday, November 25th, the...
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Resources – Miraculous Medal and Catherine Laboure
Resources for Feasts of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, St. Catherine Labouré St. Catherine Labouré was the Daughter of Charity who received and passed on a request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal worn today by millions of Christians,...
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Sisters of Charity Federation covering UN Climate Change Conference
Sister Teresa Kotturan, NGO Representative to the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation reports regarding UN Climate Change Conference Climate Change is a global problem, and Pope Francis has called “for a new dialogue about how we are shaping...
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Inter-Mission: Second round of chemotherapy, second time around
Sister of Charity (Cincinnati) Janet Gildea shares her personal experience in Inter-Mission: Second round of chemotherapy, second time around in the NCR series Global Sisters Report. [See her earlier sharing Inter-mission: Life between remissions] Inter-Mission:...
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SVDP calls for reforms in Criminal Justice System
National President of SVDP calls for reforms in Criminal Justice System Dear Fellow Vincentians: In our continued advocacy to bring about substantial reform in our criminal justice system in line with Catholic Social Teaching on Restorative Justice, I write to again...
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On behalf of… thank you!
On behalf of... thank you! David W. Barringer, CEO of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, writes in his weekly column to members of the Society... and by extension to all who walk in the footsteps of Vincent, Louise, Frederick, Elizabeth, etc. On behalf of...
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VFHI First Fish Harvest!
VFHI First Fish Harvest Signals Growth Possibilities The Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative’s (VFHI) has first fish harvest Savane Perdue, La Hoye, Haïti – November 20, 2015 November 11, 2015,...
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Advent Letter – Mediators of God’s Promises
In his Advent letter Father Gregory Gay reminds us that we are preparing the way for the Lord and, at the same time, we become mediators who bring God’s promises to fulfillment.
SSVP member at the World Meeting of Families
Fr. Gregory Gay shares his message about Riad Sargi, a member of the SSVP in Syria. They were in the synod on evangelization together. At the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia he was one of the five families from the five continents that received a copy of the...
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All Good Gifts
“All Good Gifts” Father Pat Griffin continues his series. Those who know me well will tell you that I am a whistler. I seem to do it all the time and most often unwittingly. Sometimes, someone asks me the name of the tune that I whistle, and I need to stop to play...