by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Cleber Oliveira writes introducing the June Bulletin, “Normally in this space one finds a reflection but at this time I want to share with you my personal testimony. I am very happy to be able to share with you in this Bulletin my personal experience as a member...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“The Unionists would all go to hell, and the secessionists to heaven.” That was the message Catherine Bockman heard when she attended Mass on May 27, 1862, at St. Vincent’s, near the French market in St. Louis’s Soulard neighborhood. She had come to pray for the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda begins this simple reflection with “In the middle of Mass one day, I shut my eyes and was overwhelmed, downtrodden by all the doubts and insecurities that surrounded me. And then I saw something. In my mind’s eye, I saw the pews in front of me full...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Fifth Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012. The Society is offering a series of video tips for organizers. The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run is a unique national fundraising effort organized nationally and locally by...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Rev. Perry Henry, C.M. has invited Depaul USA to lead a working group that will explore uses for the apartment building at 2912 Arsenal Street in St. Louis. The Arsenal Street building contains 12 one-bedroom apartments that served as the Congregation of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2012 | Vincentian Family
From the Facebook page of the The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Community Day ! Our living historians at the Seton Heritage Expo are having a lot of fun talking to people about life in the 1800s. People learned how to play Civil War era games,...