by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda Kern writes, “The question is…..why would a healthy 20-something join a community like this, a community where the average age is in the 70s, a community where she may soon see Sisters she knows and loves forget who she is? Why not join a community...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Roselyn Karakattu, SCN, writes the following: On Jan. 2, I attended a meeting along with Father Philip Manthara, SJ, a few prominent lawyers, members of Mahila Samakhya and with the heads of several women’s NGOs and other social activists to make some...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2013 | Vincentian Family
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, Little Rock, AR, is the first stop for a traveling banner display of the history of the healing ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The display was created for the bicentennial of the sisters in Nazareth, KY. The three...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Established in 1723 by the Italian Vincentian missionary Teodorico Pedrini, Xitang was the first non-Jesuit church in Beijing. After Pedrini’s death, the church was run by Carmelites, then Augustinians, until it was destroyed in 1811 during a purge of Catholics...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Before You Get Rid of Those Christmas Cards…. Susan Stabile writes, “As I was contemplating putting away all of the Christmas ornaments, I was reminded of the opening of Fr. Rolf Tollefson’s sermon on January 1. He shared that he had been spending time the last...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family
It is a distinction all to familiar for memebers of the Vincentian Family who are often first responders in major disasters. Megan Clark, Moral Theology Professor at St. John’s University unpacks what is often felt but not articulated. He own experience of the...