John Freund, CM
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Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati to Host Days of Service and Mission
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati to Host Days of Service and Mission
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Daughters of Charity Making an Impact
Sister Carol Schumer shares about her ministry with Father’s Support Center in St. Louis.
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Practical ways to start collaborating
Jack Murphy of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA/Voice of the Poor Committee offers some tips and real-life examples
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Sisters of Charity of Nazareth continue ministry in Nepal
Today there were over 55 children at the child center at Baniatar. Parents seem to be happy and confident to send their children to the child center. The women have taken the lead to clean up the rubbles of their rented fallen houses to recover useful household items. Most of them have no place to keep their belongings as many families live together with relatives in small tarpaulin tents.
New leadership – Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
Here are the election results: Fr. Michael Barth, General Custodian; Fr. Jesús Ramírez, Vicar General; Br. John Skrodinsky, 2nd Councilor; Fr. Victor Hugo Machorro, 3rd Councilor and, Fr. Guy Wilson, 4th Councilor.
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Fr. Tom McKenna on “Welling-Up Faith”
a kind of profession of faith by spontaneous gesture. You almost don’t even know you’re doing it, but it’s really there
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Pat Griffin CM – A Free Spirit
And so, the Spirit is free. From the view of that Spirit, “liberal” and “conservative” must and do tend in the same direction. As persons consecrated by that divine presence, we pray for her outpouring in our lives and ministries as Pentecost comes upon us.
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A Vincentian Response to Baltimore
The “haves” must discover that all of the “have not’s” are not cheats and lazy. The “have not’s” must realize that the “haves” are not all greedy, uncaring people. The only way to do that in any lasting way is to treat the problem in a slightly larger way than our current model…bring hope to one zip code at a time.
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“God’s Gift” Kyiv, Ukraine 10 years
The Vincentian Fathers of the Vice-Province of SS. Cyril and Methodius celebrated the 10th anniversary of the blessing of “God’s Gift” house, Kyiv, Ukraine on 5th of May 2015 in Kyiv.
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$11,000 worth of rocking for Vincentian Charity
In the category of Inventive Fundraisers.... $11,000 worth of rocking for Vincentian Charity Bill Zlatos of Trib Total Media Pittsburgh writes Sister Lorraine Marie Ferlin, 72, of the Vincentian Home in McCandess is known as the 'Rock-a-thon Queen' because of her...