by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2013 | Formation
Scott P. Richert offers the following brief history of Palm Sunday… Beginning in the fourth century in Jerusalem, Palm Sunday was marked by a procession of the faithful carrying palm branches, representing the Jews who celebrated Christ’s entrance...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2013 | Formation
For anyone wanting a quick answer t why Catholics wave palms on Palm Sunday; wash each other’s feet on Holy Thursday; or kiss the cross on Good Friday? Look no further than Busted Halo’s® two-minute video that describes the final week of Lent we spend preparing...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2013 | Pope, Vincentian Family
John L. Allen Jr. offers thoughts on Challenges to vision of a ‘Poor Church for the Poor’ “How I would like a poor church for the poor,” Francis said. It’s a fitting sentiment for a pope who took his name from Francis of Assisi, a...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2013 | Pope
“Dialogue is born from an attitude of respect for the other person, from a conviction that the other person has something good to say. In order to dialogue it is necessary to know how to lower the defenses, open the doors of your house, and offer human warmth.”’...
