by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Ladies of Charity USA in 2007 Father Gregory Gay, CM reflected on the Relevance of the Ladies of Charity under three headings – Vincent’s first foundation, its foundation in the USA and move to international...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
(The Conference of Major Superiors of Men asked Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, NETWORK’s Executive Director, to reflect on NETWORK’s its 40 year history of advocating for the poor and marginalized . “Network: Faithful to the Gospel – Then and...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2012 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Since we are about to begin a year devoted to the theme of evangelization it may be helpful to review what recent research into Vincent reveals about his understanding of evangelization. Continuing his “Reflections of a Translator” series, Charles Plock...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Ozanam wrote to his brother, Father Alphonse: “You are not carrying out your true mission. If a larger number of Christians and especially clergymen had looked after the workers in the last ten years we would be more certain of the future”; and again: “The priests...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Solidarity Office is now on Facebook The Vincentian Endowment Challenge is about giving members of the Congregation of the Mission in 9 of our regions the financial freedom to be just that: inventive in love. Wonderful things can and do happen when they...