by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Edmund Rice Center of the Australian Catholic University writes in a piece that looks at the austerity discussions taking place in so many countries in the world… “As several countries try to pay off huge public debt due to the financial crisis and...
by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2012 | News
LifeWay Research shows that other than Easter and Christmas, Mother’s Day may be the most likely day people will attend church. In the survey of 1,000 protestant pastors, Mother’s Day (59 percent) ranked third behind the standard religious powerhouse...
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Regina Bechtle offers this reflections for Mothers Day… Today’s readings picture a God who shows no partiality, a God who remembers kindness and faithfulness toward us, a God whose truest name is Love – abundant, unconditional, unearned. What a perfect...
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2012 | Church
According to Rome Reports, the Pope is to attend a public performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the opera house of La Scala in Milan. When I was ordained in 1965 clerics were forbidden to attend public spectacles in opera houses.
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2012 | News
The history of mothers day did not begin with Hallmark. View this remarkable video four minute video “The Mother’s Day Movement” to see how far removed the early celebrations of Mothers Day are from the Hallmark version.
