by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Mary Rose McPhee, a towering presence in Austin’s health care and spirituality circles, died Monday in Evansville, Ind., surrounded by the sisters she had gone to live with when she left Central Texas in late 2004. McPhee was 95 and had been in failing health....
by Lynn L'Heureux | Apr 21, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The Journey Home – A story of Vincentian Love across Canada Let us put our Faith into Acton (National Theme SSVP Canada for 2013-2014) (Lynn L’Heureux Calgary) “I would like to embrace the whole world in a network of Charity” (Blessed Frederic Ozanam) In February...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
With Pope Francis urging us to go to the margins have you ever wondered what it is like to “do theology from the margins”? The Philippine Province of the Congregation has a school of theology dedicated to doing just that. St. Vincent School of Theology...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Sister Miriam Teresa, a Sister of Charity – New Jersey, will be Beatified on October 4th, 2014 in Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark. The Charity Federation website posts notice of a Day of Reflection – “Venerable Sister Miriam Teresa SC: Her Life,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Come and see!”: Love is more powerful, love gives life, love makes hope blossom in the wilderness. “That is why we tell everyone: “Come and see!” In every human situation, marked by frailty, sin and death, the Good News is no mere matter of words, but a...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Why did Jesus ask the women to go to Galilee” asks Pope Francis in his homily at Easter Vigil. “Galilee is the place where they were first called, where everything began! To return there, to return to the place where they were originally called. ...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
Jesus is Risen A Blessing for Beauty at Easter From a prayer service by Sr. Carol Schumer, DC The following is an excerpt…. May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that youmay glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Jim Martin SJ has a thoughtful reflection on Why a watered-down Resurrection doesn’t work. The Resurrection may be the hardest thing for people to accept about Christianity. Some agnostics embrace Jesus as a compassionate sage. Seekers, if they’re closer to...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kelly Wahlquist has a beautiful visual prayer “Go to where you know Jesus to be” “On Holy Saturday, when Mary Magdalene faced her darkest hour—her Lord, her Hope, her Love, her Savior was dead and buried—she went to the tomb. She went to where she...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2014 | Formation
Within our Vincentian Family, we often cite the saying of St. Vincent: “Love is creative even to infinity” as a sort of rallying cry for adaptation. But do we understand Vincent’s use of the phrase? Robert Maloney CM writes… “Ordinarily, we use this...