by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati has an exciting year of service program called Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati (VVC). The program empowers young adults to become community leaders who live their faith by directly serving their neighbors in A...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
The April offering in the monthly Vincentian eBook offering is St. Vincent de Paul and the Spirit of Service Abstract: If our vocation consists of following Jesus Christ then it is in our total willingness to serve the poor that we find our perfection. This service is...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2014 | Vincentian Family
I never thought about it this way but Susan Stabile offers a guest post  about the only two great sins –  the sin of Adam and Eve and the sin of the Innkeeper – and that all other sins are a manifestation of these two. She writes… In Freedom and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2014 | Pope
The Vatican, through the pope’s press spokesman, announced that Pope Francis is working on his first encyclical, dealing with the environment. Not surprising that he chose this topic since it is a theme he has often broached. On March 16, 2013, Francis stated he...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2014 | Justice and Peace
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, joined by bishops on the border, will travel to Nogales, Arizona, March 30-April 1 to tour the U.S.-Mexico border and celebrate Mass on behalf of the close to 6,000 migrants who have died in the...