by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
In a clever headline, “Two More Saints From a State of Grace”, the New York Times points out that more than half the 12 Americans saints are from  the state of New York. Lawrence Downs writes… “When Pope Benedict XVI canonizes seven Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Jane Karakunnel, SCN writes, “Our religious vocation begins and ends in the desire for God, said Sister Shalini Mulackal, PBVM, the resource person for the one and a half-day Theological reflection on ‘a new way of being women religious in the Asian context’...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Francis Raftery will step down as head of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown next year, school officials announced. She will complete a 16-year term and a total of 38 years of service to the College. In 2012, the college established the DePaul Center...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Malini Manjaly, SCN writes of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations in Mokama, a city and a municipality in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar… “Sisters Margaret Rodericks, Marietta Saldanha and Mary Scaria Menonparambil celebrated their Golden...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
St. John Prep Students Discover Themselves Overseas Forty students and six teachers from St. John’s Prep, Astoria, embarked on an international pilgrimage to better understand their faith, the world, and their school’s Vincentian heritage. They traveled to Ireland,...