by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Pope Benedict sent special greetings to the participants in the International Youth Workday Study, sponsored by the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, that is taking place in Salamanca. He invites “all to encounter the face of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
As a “second career” after her term of office as Provincial of the Daughters of Charity Province of Barcelona Sr. Genoveva entered full time into a ministry she began in 1945 – exchanging letters with people detained in various prisons. The archive...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2008 | Vincentian Family
The canonical discipline imposed on Sr. Louise Lears, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, has generated much controversy and misinformation. What follows is a compilation of key documents and analysis. Documentation on St. Louis Archdiocesan website Statement by Sr....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2008 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
John Holbrook “uses his skills as a photographic artist to paint film portraits of the poor, the disadvantaged, the homeless, and the mentally or physically challenged. He portrays his subjects as saints and patriarchs, giving them names taken from scripture....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
“All my life I have followed the poetry of love in preference to the poetry of anger. I will not change now” Frederic Ozanam as quoted on the site of Vinnies Youth in Australia