by John Freund, CM | Sep 9, 2011 | Vincentian Family
In the category of creative slogans….”Depaul USA is very pleased to announce that it will host “Hoops for Homes” its first 3×3 basketball tournament on Saturday, October 22, 2011. The tournament is a staff-led initiative to raise funds...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2011 | Vincentian Family
He wrote to his his elder brother, Father Alphonse: “The priests must give up their little bourgeois parishes: their flocks are an elite in the midst of a vast population that they do not know…” and again: “You are not carrying out your true...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2011 | Vincentian Family
So writes … the National Catholic Reporter of Joe Flannigan who handed over leadership of the SVDP USA to Sheila Gilbert, the first woman to lead the Society in the US. Some highlights from the article… “Joe’s faith leads him to reflect on...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
We are featuring this 14:48 min video clip from the recent Vincentian Interreligious Dialogue with Islam Conference held in Indonesia (with thanks to the Australian CM website) The clip features a Daughter of Charity, Sr Anna Sopratiwi, who has worked in Indonesia...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 7, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
It might be called the contagion of joyful service. Sr. Meg Kymes , now a seminary sister or novice, writes of this contagion. “Most of the Daughters I have met say what makes a Daughter and true Daughter of Charity is love for the poor. Their eyes light up when...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
A St Vincent de Paul Society New South Wales Energy Report discovers that customers are being enticed to change providers by cheap deals, only to be left out of pocket with excessive fees. And in a self-fulfilling cycle, those profits are then being used by power...
