John Freund, CM

Pope and Patriarch sign “Common Declaration”

by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2014 | Church

Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I pledged to continue on the path towards unity between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

Vatican Radio – Technology in service of Mission

by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2014 | Technology: Issues and Uses, Vincentian Family

How is Vatican Radio using technology – especially new media technology – to bring the voice of the Pope to all creation? Vatican Radio will be providing thirteen English Language commentaries for events over the three days of Papal pilgrimage, all of which will be...

Distracted disciples!

by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2014 | Vincentian Family

In an anachronistic cartoon the publication Christianity Today offers the following view of Distracted Disciples... Perhaps there is a lesson here.

Pope to Israeli reporter “How Can I Help?”

by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2014 | Pope

America Magazine reports ....On 13 June 2013, Pope Francis granted an interview to Israel’s Channel 2 TV at Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse where he lives. That interview made history; it was the first time that a TV crew entered Santa Marta to interview the...

Holy Hangout – June1

by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Social, Social Media, Vincentian Family

Daughters of Charity Vocations U.S. is hosting their next ‪#‎HolyHangoutDC‬June 1, discussing the journey of discernment live on YouTube. To ask a question for the Holy Hangout, post it on their Facebook Page and hear the answer next Sunday! Event...

What is Vincentian Spirituality

by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family

Pat Collins C.M gives his answer on his website (Scroll down to third article) "The word spirituality is notoriously difficult to define. Bernard McGinn, probably the leading writer on mysticism in English, says that without making an exhaustive search he turned up 35...

Vatican official speaks of Church on the Internet

by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2014 | Vincentian Family

We are always fishing in the aquarium…The majority of fish are outside the aquarium.... It’s absolutely necessary that the Church establish a presence in the digital world. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, the president of the Pontifical Council on Social...

Do you know poor people? Christ?

by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2014 | Formation

"The great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor." — Shane Claiborne Paraphrasing Roman 10:14 How can we encounter Christ in the poor if we do not know them? Vincent certainly...