by annaread | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
After Dorothy Day visited Nova Scotia in 1938, she wrote about miners and steel workers who told her of their decision to start a Saint Vincent De Paul Society to, in their words, “build up the idea of mutual charity and mutual aid.” Read more here. by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Father Bernard Koch, C.M., recently published in Cahiers Saint Vincent, Bulletin des Lazaristes de France (nº 199), an article entitled “The Political Action of Saint Vincent.†“(Vincent de Paul) realized that in order to reform the Church and the clergy, as... by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, July 4, marks the Feast Day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul early in twentieth century Italy. Blessed Pier joined the Society when he was seventeen years old in 1919, and remained an active member the... by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
Br. David Steindl-Rast has a beautiful video reflection on gratefulness (link no longer available at this address) that is very appropriate food for thought on this Independence Day USA. (It also serves as an example of how YouTube.com can be a vehicle of... by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
July 4 – Feast of Blessed Pier-Giorgio Frassati, Member of the SSVDP July 6 – Baptism of Marguerite Naseau, first Daughter of Charity July 16 – First Sisters of St. Martha arrived in Antigonish. 1900 July 18-19 – First Apparition to St.... by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
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