by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Established in 1723 by the Italian Vincentian missionary Teodorico Pedrini, Xitang was the first non-Jesuit church in Beijing. After Pedrini’s death, the church was run by Carmelites, then Augustinians, until it was destroyed in 1811 during a purge of Catholics...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to UNICEF, 23.1% of American children under the age of seventeen live in poverty, which makes the United States rank second out of thirty-five economically advanced countries ranked in that category. Romania ranks first, with 25.5% of children living in...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Before You Get Rid of Those Christmas Cards…. Susan Stabile writes, “As I was contemplating putting away all of the Christmas ornaments, I was reminded of the opening of Fr. Rolf Tollefson’s sermon on January 1. He shared that he had been spending time the last...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Cinema, the Vows, Mission, Communion, Spirituality – using film to contemplate Religious Life As we approach Vocation Awareness week, January 13-19,  Sr.  Rose Pacatte, respected Catholic film critic writes, “Over the last year or so I prepared these lists for...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family
It is a distinction all to familiar for memebers of the Vincentian Family who are often first responders in major disasters. Megan Clark, Moral Theology Professor at St. John’s University unpacks what is often felt but not articulated. He own experience of the...
