by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Missionaries are people committed to sharing the Gospel Joy. Vincentian International Missions stand in that tradition and their new website “Gospel Joy” tells the little known stories of Vincentian Fathers and Brothers who have committed themselves to...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 7, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
The latest issue is now online. (Apologies for the delay caused by technical difficulties with English edition). It contains a lengthy report of Father Gregory’s visitation of  the Eastern Province of the US, reflections of two confreres who were privileged to...
by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Father Gregory Gay CM, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, speaks of mercy. From the website of the Brothers of the CMM (Congregatio Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis, Mater Misericordiae). “To have an inspiring start of this day, the general board...
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
Pat Collins C.M gives his answer on his website (Scroll down to third article) “The word spirituality is notoriously difficult to define. Bernard McGinn, probably the leading writer on mysticism in English, says that without making an exhaustive search he turned...
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity
Uncertainty in a postmodern society – reflection by Fr. Tim Williams, Director of the Daughters of Charity in Australia THE GIFT OF UNCERTAINTY Uncertainty a gift ? How could that be ? Do we really want to live in a world of uncertainty ? Well, perhaps we have...
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
There is quite a discussion about the publication of the letters between Jackie Kennedy and Irish Vincentian Joseph Leonard.  (Just Google Jackie Kennedy letters priest.) Apart from that controversy, who was this Vincentian priest … and how did Jackie come to...