by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2009 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
After waiting for almost 20 years since the last Paiwan Aboriginee was ordained, last Januray 1, 2008, a new priest from their tribe was ordained. The ordination which was held in a Vincentian administered mission-parish of Jinlun. by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2008 | Missions inter gentes
If you earn $156 per year you do not live in poverty according to the new poverty line adopted by the Chinese government. This newly “increased” standard has increased the number of poor people to 43.2 million. Earlier data, based on a yearly income of 785... by John Freund, CM | Dec 29, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
Fr. Dandy Labitag, CM pastor of the remote Parish of Dawu also celebrated the Midnight Mass to commemorate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The children from Anshuo Chapel played the story of the Nativity. Fr. Labitag is known to famvin viewers for his wonderful... by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
“ Our brothers of the old world should be taught that China is the country of the future, of the illimited possibilities. That if, as it might be, it resists to the actual crisis and survives to it, it is called to play an important and unexpected part in the... by sjs | Dec 5, 2008 | Missions inter gentes
Word of God and Charity Toward the Poor, the eleventh of the synodal propositions submitted to Benedict XVI at the end of the world Synod of Bishops on the “Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church,” held in October at the Vatican, could have been... by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
Twenty-three of the thirty Vincentian Lay Missionaries from the United States met in Chicago on “All Saints / All Souls Weekend” (October 31-Noveember 2, 2008) to deepen their bonds of community and mission as they participated in their annual retreat...
