John Freund, CM
Author
Saturday Study Hall – Journey with Vincent
We are all on a spiritual journey. Abraham risked all to follow God's invitation even in advanced age. The disciples journeyed with Christ and found themselves in surprising places. So too Vincent. His journey took him seeking a life of security to following Christ...
Ladies of Charity – Second Sunday of Lent
The LCUSA website offers SZr. Margaret John Kelly's reflections for the second Sunday of Lent. The reflection concludes with an invitation... Select one difficult experience or suffering in your life which turned out to be a blessing because in faith you followed the...
Charity Federation Connections
The Sisters of Charity of Halifax offer their monthly review of whats new in Charity Federation Connections — Lifelines March 2014
Friends of the Poor Walk/Run 2014
Can you top this? 22,000 walkers raised over $2.1m Million in 2013! SAVE THE DATE: FRIENDS OF THE POOR® WALK/RUN Saturday, September 20th, 2014 The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run began as a national program with the purpose of providing local Society of St. Vincent de...
Formation Friday – Vincentian Family through the year
Every family has its special days. The Vincentian Family is no exception. Continuing our exploration of the resources of the VinFormation site within Famvin.org, here is a sample of resources presented as they occur in the course of a year. January 4: Feast of St....
“Voice of the Poor” becomes “Out of Poverty”
OUT OF POVERTY is now the title of the Western Region Voice of the Poor newsletter. It seems appropriate, because it indicates the goal of everything we do for the people we serve. Together with the new name, our team decided that the newsletter would have each time...
Ten insights into Pope Francis
Rome Reports offers a powerful series of video moments it considers highlights and insights into Pape Francis' first year. The text below is even more powerful when viewed with appropriate video clips illustrating its choice in RomeReports. 1- HELP As he introduced...
March Madness – “Papal moments” version
Who would have thought of creating a tournament based on choosing the most highly rated moments during Pope Francis' first year? Why the folks at Busted Halo! Just in time for Pope Francis’ one year anniversary as pope and the madness of march, we (the folks at Busted...
“The Excluded Are Still Waiting”
Digital artist Sr. Ellen LaCapria, D.C. offers a visual aid to enter into contemplation about those excluded and trapped in cycles of poverty. This image arose from her reflection on Pope Francis' Gospel of Joy. This is the second installment of her weekly artistic...
Getting to know Louise through her letters
It has been 80 years since Louise's canonization by Pope Pius XII. In this 3 minute 53 second video VinFormation presents a few samples from the letters of St. Louise de Marillac. They show us the connections between St. Louise and her contemporaries, and give us...