by John Freund, CM | Jan 31, 2010 | News, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12 brought down traditional means of communication. Inside the devastated country and out, people desperate for information and help turned to new technology. They turned to Facebook, Twitter and other social-media sites....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The SVDP in the UK is sponsoring an art competition to celebrate the 350th Anniversary. They are looking for artwork, whether it be painting, photography, sculpture or any other type of art which expresses Vincentian values and the ethos of the Vincentian Family. Open...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 29, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Harvesting three themes in Elizabeth’s writing – memory, hope and presence – describing aspects of ordinary human experience where all of us may encounter the holy mystery of God that surrounds us VinFormation offers another way of looking at these...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 29, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The DC houses situated in Port-au-Prince have been severely damaged and our Sisters have become homeless having to sleep outside in tents. They are trying to give basic services (nursing care, nutrition and accompaniment) in the middle of the general chaos. As soon as...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Christa McAuliffe is perhaps the most publicized parishioner of all Vincentian parishes. She perished in the Challenger rocket disaster in February 1986. The newly unveiled website of the New England Province features a story of the events that unfolded and of the...