by John Freund, CM | Aug 23, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, News
Lest anyone have any doubt of the new measure for spreading news…. A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia Tuesday afternoon according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tweets began pouring in from D.C. nearly thirty seconds before we felt the quake at our...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 22, 2011 | Justice and Peace
“National Programs That Serve Those in Need are At Risk”  – Joe Flannigan, National President SVDP USA,  reminds Vincentians that Congress is in recess until September 7 and their senators and representatives are back home. When they return to...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 22, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Rosalie was Frederic Ozanam’s mentor so members of the Vincent dePaul Society as well as Daughters of Charity might be interested in the recent acquisition of an early holy card by the Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University. It depicts her in an incident...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 21, 2011 | Justice and Peace
For  Vincentians Labor Day can and should be a call to  justice. Labor Day –  “a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. (US Department of Labor)” There is a powerful...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 21, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
If two YouTube videos ever captured the contagious joy of the Daughters of Charity and the Vincentian family, it would be these from the close of the Jubilee year in Peru! Pay attention to their faces. They become more fascinating as the video progresses. One of these...
