by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Fathers of the Chinese Province belong to the worldwide Congregation of the Mission and to the worlwide Vincentian Family. We are proud to have our roots from our Founder, St. Vincent de Paul, whose spirit and works showed love and biased for the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 18, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Encyclopedia provides background information about Vincentian Lay Missioners (VLM), a still relatively unknown collaborative venture of the Daughters of Charity and members of the Congregation of the Mission first in Ireland and now the US.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 18, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
As I read I could not help thinking of how Vincent used to share stories like these with his early missioners and wealthy friends. ( Famvin editor’s comment) See earlier posts “Setting Out” and the troubling “First Report” Aidan...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
Alica Robey, one of the Vincentian Lay Missionaries, and I wrote this together. It is not a very happy post, but not everything is happy. She is the Christ The other day, four of the missionaries went out for a walk on a characteristically beautiful afternoon in...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2008 | Collaboration, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
“All the Vincentian Lay Missionaries have arrived safely. We were two days in Addis Abeba, where the DCs and the CMs took us in as family. Then it was off to our missions.” So begins Aidan Rooney in his first report. Dear everyone: All the Vincentian Lay...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2008 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Missions inter gentes, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
We have just received notice of an exciting new blog devoted to Political Charity and Vincentian Formation. The commission on Charism and Cultures and the Asia Pacific Regional Formators have been grappling with these concepts for over a decade and have now mounted a...
