by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2010 | Church, Disasters and Responses, News
According to the NCR “Catholic groups have made up the thrust of the first responders. In response to the growing catastrophe, Catholic Charities of New Orleans opened five emergency centers in May at local churches to distribute financial aid and offer...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 7, 2010 | Church, News
The New York Times has a lengthy feature that many will file under “I told you so”! In a sense it gives chapter and verse to this 2002 Vatican quote (section 2) “…Internet.. changes not just in how people communicate but in how they understand...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 7, 2010 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
It was a new type of experience for all the 30 plus who attended who attended in Mainland China (May 19-20) and the over 60 who attended in Taiwan. Fr. Tom McKenna, CM of the eastern Province,reflected on the two themes of the 350th Anniversary year – Charity...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
May 5-21, 2010 Sister Kieran Kneaves, Daughter of Charity USA West Central Province, spent time with the Daughters of the British Province giving a series of workshops and a retreat based on the life and inspiration of Sister Suzanne Guillemin, Superioress General...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2010 | News
According to ZENIT, “The Loser Letters” is an epistolary satire of the new atheism, told from the point of view of a worldly, bubbly, American girl in her 20s who’s an enthusiastic convert to godlessness. Beneath the satire, “The Loser...
