John Freund, CM
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Video – Pope with Buddhist and Vincentian leaders
SVdP CEO Dave Barringer, Los Angeles Executive Director David Fields and San Francisco Executive Director Lorraine Moriarty have all traveled to Rome, Italy to spend time participating in the first "Dialogue and Fraternity" event between Catholic and Buddhist leaders...
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Vinnies and Jesuits agree on structural issues behind poverty
Vinnies and Jesuits agree ... Vinnies has thrown its support behind a landmark report which looked at structural issues behind poverty in Australia the entrenched disadvantage that is affecting a number of communities around the country. Dropping off the Edge 2015...
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Vincent de Paul Society – support Criminal Justice Reform
United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul National President asks support for Criminal Justice Reform Dear Vincentians: Our country’s incarceration system is tearing at the fabric of families and communities and is costing tax payers billions of dollars each year....
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Dogsledding Daughter of Charity fights for health care expansion
A recent segment on "The Rachel Maddow Show" features the testimony of an Alaskan Daughter of Charity named Sr. Mary Peter Diaz and how it helped defeat a Koch Brothers-led effort to deny health care expansion in the state. Diaz's testimony before the Alaskan state...
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Traveling to Italy this summer?
Traveling to Italy this summer? If so, Padre Giuseppe Carulli of the Congregation of the Mission, Province of Naples is welcoming Vincentian Family pilgrims, families, groups, individuals to three of its strategically located houses in Italy - Naples...
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Vincentian Marian Youth Assembly – Days 2, 3 and 4
Day Two of the General Assembly Salamanca 2015 We began this second day of our Assembly with the celebration of the Eucharist, recalling the life and the ministry of the Apostle, James. The liturgy was prepared by the delegation from Spain and was presided by Fr....
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New CM representative at the UN
Father Guillermo Campuzano, CM who has been appointed the new CM representative at the UN. He replaces Fr. Joseph Foley, CM. Father Campuzano was born in Colombia and is a member of the Western Province of the United States. During the past eight years he has...
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Meet new President of the Vincentian Marian Youth
Meet the New President of the International Vincentian Marian Youth Yancarlos de Jesus Carrasco from the Dominican Republic. Congratulations! Photo courtesy of Fr. Astor Rodriquez' Facebook page. Follow events more closely in five languages
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Laudato Si and the “Preferential Option for the Poor”
“Preferential Option for the Poor” is the latest reflection by Fr. Pat Griffin in his series Considering Consecrated Life Laudato Si’ has justifiably gotten a lot of attention. The emphasis in this document concerning the physical suffering of the poor because of the...
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Oceania Asia – Prequel to VMY Assembly
The day before the opening of the General Assembly of the Vincentian Marian Youth the Oceana Asia group held its regional meeting. III Encounter of Asia and Oceania Salamanca 2015 The VMY held its III Encounter of Asia and Oceania in Salamanca, Spain. Because of the...