John Freund, CM
Author
What Did St. Vincent Do For the Homeless of His Day?
Vincent and Louise de Marillac were deeply committed to the education and moral formation of young people living on the streets or in dire conditions.
Pope Francis and Ozanam on Systemic Change
What do Pope Francis (2020), Pope Pius XI (1927) and Bl. Frederic Ozanam (1848) have in common?
Vincentian Prayer Images: St. Vincent on the Role of Women
St. Vincent de Paul 1658 “do we not have an obligation to give women their rightful place in the Church?”
What’s the Difference Between Prayers and Praying?
Prayer is like being in the presence of someone who loves us greatly. We spontaneously try to become like the beloved.
Why is the Vincentian Family Involved With Homeless Initiatives?
All this is the background for understanding why homelessness was a major focus of St. Vincent’s charitable work even if we have not always recognized it.
Lent is a Call to Change Our Way of Thinking
Over his lifetime he created a network of institutions dedicated to initial formation. We call this systemic change by the name of seminaries.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Praying In the Streets of Our Lives
Can we pray when we walk the streets of our lives?
What Did Pope Francis Just Say?
“Hot button issues” vs. “Expanding horizons beyond conflicts”
Why the Church Shelters the Homeless
Former Eastern Province Provincial, Fr. Michael Carroll, CM, reflects on Homelessness in a series of reflections. "Churches answer the call to shelter the homeless "| U.S. Catholic magazine Let me share some of the good that I have heard folks are doing to serve the...
Collaboration Works! – Good News
Demonstrations of the power of collaboration in systemic change.