by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Welcome to the dePaulWYD blog sharing our time at the Vincentian Youth Gathering prior to World Youth Day. I’m Fr. Dennis Holtschneider from DePaul University, wearing the dark blue shirt, third-from-the-right in the front row. (click image to enlarge or the dePaul...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Terri Butel had become the first lay Director of Associates of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth . The Associates are a group of men and women who identify with the mission and spirit and share in the ministries of the religious community. There are 232 SCL...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
These days all roads lead to Madrid… even for the Pope. So our Vincentian youth have gathered in Madrid. The largest linguistic group, not surprisingly, comes from Spain with next largest being English-speaking, Portugese and Italian speaking. They are...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Is this a case of the poor caught in the crossfire between political parties? (And should Vincentian folk care?) Seems that the Heritage Foundation claims that “many of the 30 million Americans defined as ‘poor’ and in need of government assistance” are actually doing...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
…for the Vincentian encounter and World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain! Thousands of young Vincentians from all over the globe will converge on Madrid tomorrow, August 11, to be welcomed by the volunteers who arrived on Monday. They have a very full schedule of...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 9, 2011 | Vincentian Family
We have heard the mantra about John Paul II’s challenge t0 Vincentians – “Understand underlying causes and work toward long-term solutions”. How do we move beyond the mantra? With the theme “Building Bridges Out Of Poverty” the...