by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Justice and Peace
These courageous nuns were at Selma in 1965. Now coinciding with the Nuns on the Bus cross-country tour, 174 members of Congress co-sponsored a resolution commending the American women religious community for their tremendous impact on our nation. In this YouTube...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“The Unionists would all go to hell, and the secessionists to heaven.” That was the message Catherine Bockman heard when she attended Mass on May 27, 1862, at St. Vincent’s, near the French market in St. Louis’s Soulard neighborhood. She had come to pray for the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Disasters and Responses, Justice and Peace, News
Oil Companies That Caused Climate Change Now Fear Its Financial Impacts We all know oil companies make an amazing amount of money ($33.5 billion in 2012 first quarter profits by the Big Five alone) selling gasoline and other petroleum products to the world. The U.S....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda begins this simple reflection with “In the middle of Mass one day, I shut my eyes and was overwhelmed, downtrodden by all the doubts and insecurities that surrounded me. And then I saw something. In my mind’s eye, I saw the pews in front of me full...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Fifth Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012. The Society is offering a series of video tips for organizers. The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run is a unique national fundraising effort organized nationally and locally by...