by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2012 | Justice and Peace
The chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a joint statement Dec. 21 stressing the need for gun control, improved services for the mentally ill and a critical examination of the violence in today’s movies, videos and...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2012 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
Gallup poll – Seven in 10 Americans Are Very or Moderately Religious But Protestant population is shrinking as “unbranded” religion grows Religiousness is distributed quite unequally across various subgroups and segments of the U.S. population. Key...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Ascension Health Alliance and Daughters of Charity Health System Sign Affiliation Agreement December 21, 2012 – Ascension Health Alliance, the parent organization of Ascension Health, and Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), a regional health system with 22...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2012 | Vincentian Family
We are accustomed to view Saint Vincent from the perspective of his relationship with the poor. In doing so we run the risk of narrowing our vision in such a way that we simply consider him as a great philanthropist or a compassionate humanitarian. Why was Vincent so...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“As the book’s title proclaims, the cloister of a Daughter of Charity was the street.” Fr Ed Udovic CM has posted to the Vincentian History Research Network Site a review which has has appeared in he latest issue of The Catholic Historical Review, Volume...
