John Freund, CM
Author
Thanks for Listening
“Thanks for Listening” writes Pat Griffin in his series on Considering Consecrated Life Brandon Stanton is a young, New York Times’ bestselling author with three books in print. He draws over 15 million followers on Facebook. His ambition, he says, is to take...
e-Book – The Value of Mercy According to St. Vincent
As we approach the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy .famvin is happy to present an eBook called "The Value of Mercy According to Vincent de Paul" by Paulino Sáez López, C.M. Reflecting on the understanding of the words “mercy” “compassion” and “charity”, we are...
Pray the rosary with Daughters of Charity in Paris
Pray the Rosary with the Daughters of Charity (in French): listen on SoundCloud or watch https://youtu.be/rpAXHk9KLXM
60 seconds with Sr. Mary Catherine Conway, DC
Sister Mary Catherine Conway, D.C., says she learned one of her greatest lessons in ministry from a first grader. Catch more 60 Seconds with Sister videos from Daughters of Charity throughout the Year of Consecrated Life. https://youtu.be/EsySPTV9KMo Daughters of...
Vincentian Family Paris
Dan Borlick CM writes from Paris... Let our hearts and prayers open today for the people of France, who, yet again, are facing violence on a gruesome, callous scale not experienced in a long time. From those who have emailed me, thanks for your concern (and prayers,...
Austria officially honors Vincentian priest
Austria honors Wolfgang Pucher CM with its Silver Medal for meritorious service to the Republic of Austria through the 38 "VinziWerke" or innovative "VinProjects" he has inaugurated. The breadth of these projects is staggering. Among them VinziDorf, a long-term hostel...
Driven to distraction
In his weekly Servant Leader in the Frédéric's E-Gazette November 12, 2015 SVDP CEO reflects on drivers driven to distraction, our spirituality and our mission. He writes... On three separate occasions last week my car was nearly hit by someone running a red light or...
The other St. Martha
Just about everyone has heard of St. Martha, the residence where Pope Francis lives and which is staffed by the Daughters of Charity. But few outside Rome have heard of the other St. Martha, the Pediatric Hospital that serves mostly immigrant children just a few feet...
Sister of Charity – Patron saint of scavenging
A recent article by Sharon Abercrombie in the NCR describes Sr. Paula Gonzalez, Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, as a possible Patron saint of scavenging. The article begins... For Sr. Paula Gonzalez, SC 78, recycling is a spiritual practice. She views yard and...
Servant leadership – Vincent and Louise
Sr. Maggie Reynolds, a Daughter of Charity in Australia, offers this review of the concept of Servant Leadership and how Vincent and Louise exemplified it. She reads their lives through the lens of Robert Greenleaf's three foundational questions for servant leaders to...