John Freund, CM
Author
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New Series – Praying With Pictures at the Back of Our Minds
The images in our minds can haunt or inspire us to prayer. This new weekly series hopes to be the inspiration for brief, spontaeous moments of prayer.
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New Cardinal in the Mold of St. Vincent de Paul
A new Cardinal in the mold of St. Vincent de Paul Imagine a parish that has 100,000 people in 53 distinct communities... and 3000 trained ministers! St. Michael Archangel Parish is not an imaginary parish. It has a membership of 100,000 people in 53 distinct...
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Vincentian Influence on Catholic Social Teaching
Did you know how Vincentian Family members who set the stage and later advised Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 landmark statement of catholic social teaching “Rerum Novarum” (New Things)?
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Compare the US Bishops of 1919 and 2019
Maybe it is true… “the more things change, the more they stay the same”! But the Gospel continues to challenge us.
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Hazard! – Dangerous Thinking Ahead
Vincent and Louise, Frederick, and indeed all the great figures of our Vincentian heritage, were not afraid to ask what has become known as the Vincentian question, “What must be done?”
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Take it from a German! A Faith Alive
It was an Irish celebration. But it was a profound celebration of a faith that goes far beyond just people of Irish heritage. It touched me deeply.
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Missing Millennials – What We Might Be Missing
Could living Vincent’s Values be attractive to millennials?
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When Vincentian and Jesuit Saints Meet
St. Vincent and St. Alberto Hurtado sitting around the table with the poor they loved and served. So different yet, with so much in common.
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An Unintended Reflection on Active Shooter Training
There was an unintended by-product I never saw coming until a few days after active shooter training.
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A Conductor Notices
We may sometimes feel like that piccolo player – that we don’t have much to offer, that if we stopped our ministry no one would notice anyway. Yet the Great Conductor notices, and needs us to complete his orchestral masterpiece!