We tend to only see what is within the horizon of our experiences. We need people who broaden our vision to wider possibilities.
John Freund, CM
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John Freund is a Vincentian priest with a passion for promoting collaboration among the many people inspired by Saints Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac and who welcomes your engagement. Share your ideas and experiences!
World Youth Day – From the Perspective of an Older Generation
“Youth are needed because of their boldness and audacity, even their imprudence. They provide us with new ideas and a new way of doing things that we had never imagined.” Frederic Ozanam
Needed Not Needy: A Systemic Change in Perception
Why Changing The World’s Perception Is Critical To How We Tackle Poverty
Everybody Has Something to Say to the Bishops
What if when we get to the fire we have not brought enough water. It struck me that it is not just the Bishops who were being challenged to get back to basics.
Christmas Has Come and Gone… But Not Homelessness
Christmas has come and gone… But not homelessness! What is being done by the Vincentian family and what still needs to be done?
What Set Vincent’s Heart on Fire?
Vincent 1.0 was a bright ambitious cleric seeking to escape poverty and work his way up the ecclesiastical ladder. How did he become Vincent 2.0, a man on fire with God’s love in Jesus?
Who says…?
Let me tell you about one man who has had no special training or lots of money who is cleaning up Detroit with the help of homeless people. (It is not St. Vincent.)
The Star of Our Journey in the New Year
The star of the wisemen can be a metaphor the times in our lives when we must seek in the darkness for the light of God’s Providence as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent dePaul.
The Holy Family and My Family
Is your family perfect? No? Isn’t the birth of Jesus an invitation to a radical change in our thinking to grow into the mind of Christ’s way of thinking? It is okay to develop and grow within our family… as Jesus did!
Revisioning Our Ministry in the New Year
What Herod and the Wisemen can teach us about revisioning our ministry with people trapped in poverty.
