by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Office of Academic Service-Learning at St. John’s University will be hosting a program Academic Service-Learning:  A Theology of Service with Rev. Robert Maloney, C.M. Fr. Maloney Rev. Robert Maloney, C.M.,  current holder of the Vincentian Chair for Social...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2012 | Church
Archbishop Charles Chaput’s announcement Jan. 6 that the Philadelphia archdiocese will be closing schools in record numbers during the coming year  was the latest and loudest rumble in a series of seismic displacements that are permanently reshaping the look of U.S....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
New life from old…CBC News reports that the  147 year old  Sisters of Charity’s convent, Motherhouse, Saint Vincent Chapel in Saint John, New Brunswick is soon to be demolished. But over the weekend, about 30 volunteers with Habitat for Humanity worked to...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 16, 2012 | Church
John Allen offers valuable food for reflection in his NCR piece entitled “Five myths about anti-Christian persecution” French intellectual Régis Debray, a veteran leftist who fought alongside Che Guevara in Bolivia, has observed that anti-Christian...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2012 | Justice and Peace
“…evangelization and mission, without a Justice Peace Integrity of Creation perspective, cannot be authentic. ” Among the resources offered in its most recent newsletter.. 1.1 JPIC Formation – PDF files: The book ‘Guide us in your justice: A...