John Freund, CM
Author
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What Must We As Vincentian Family Do?
With the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we are all struggling to make sense of the past few weeks since the murder of George Floyd.
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Recognizing the Body Of Christ Today
Gradually I became aware of the Body of Christ frozen in time in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Pieta.
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Corpus Christi and the Case for Change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Vincent – Whose Lives Matter
What do our tables say to us about whose lives matter?
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Trinity – From Puzzle To Be Solved To Model To Be Lived
It has been a journey from Trinity as a puzzle to Trinity as a model for my life.
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Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest
“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II
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Vincentian Prayer Images: The Cries of the Poor Then and Now
The hardships of war emptied out the homes of the poor in Vincent’s day. How will we work for those driven from their homes today?
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We Are God’s Story… and God’s Story-tellers
We are God’s Story… and God’s Storytellers
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A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor
The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Sr. Marta’s Gift To a Family
Sr. Marta’s generous gift to a young family…