by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2008 | Formation, Vincentian Family
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton began the Sisters of Charity, the first religious community of women founded in the United States. She was born into a prominent Episcopalian family in New York City, August 28, 1774. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley, was a physician,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2008 | Vincentian Family
John O’Keefe, CMÂ writes “I think every baby has something very important that we adults need to learn. Every baby teaches us the fundamentals of being human, and we need to listen to them.”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The Honey Project (YouTube official video) is a nonprofit entity run by teenagers that sells organic honey from Africa to people in the United States. The students raise money for the village in Agogo, Ghana, where the honey is produced. The project has funded about...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the fourth in a series of 10 Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) 4. The Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2007 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
As I travel around the world, one of the most common questions asked of me is one having to do with the status of the church in China and the situation of our confreres and Daughters there. I am glad to have had the opportunity to visit them personally, and with this...