by John Freund, CM | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
“She said something that I immediately wrote down and knew that I had to write a blog entry about it. “It’s definitely a hard thing for people to understand. Mission work or religious life. We have extremely low and challenging moments, but...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ten myths about religious life . . . and the facts from the 2009 NRVC/CARA Study that dispel them Myth #1: No one is entering religious life anymore. Fact: More than 70 percent of all religious communities (both men’s and women’s) report having new members in...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Catholic News Service — The church must offer people — especially the young — a spirituality that responds to their computer-driven desire for interactive experiences, said an influential Jesuit magazine. The Italian magazine, La Civilta Cattolica,...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rome ReportsTV points out that Ramadan is a spiritual month include praying the Islamic rosary and calling out 100 different words used to refer to Allah, or God. More than just abstaining from food, Mustafa Cenap Aydin, director of the Tevere Institute in...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
What do girls really want? I bet Cindy Lauper (“Girls just wanna have fun”) never expected...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Do you know where your food comes from? On an average day, 32 million Americans will go grocery shopping, spending approximately 41 minutes per visit at the store. Yet, many Americans know little about the life cycle of their food from farm to table, including the...