by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The $152 million St. Jopseph-London will employ some 1,000 employees in the 340,000 square-foot building with 120 patient rooms, six surgical suites and five heart catheterization laboratories… One of the items from a 1946 London newspaper , “Mr. H.V....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
America Magazine recently wrote that “a gem of a diocese is getting a gem of a new bishop.” On July 30th, CatholicTV will air the Episcopal Ordination Mass of Bishop-elect David O’Connell, CM for the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. The Mass will air at 8PM...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 22, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The exploitation of women and patriarchy are realities in the Indian Church as much as they are part of Indian society, says Nazareth Sister Shalini D’Souza. The 71-year-old Indian nun, who formerly headed her Kentucky-based congregation of Sisters of Charity of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2010 | Vincentian Family
On June 20, 1647, St. Vincent cried out very spontaneously at a meeting of the General Council of the Daughters of Charity: “Oh, my God, how necessary it is to have great communication with one another. To share everything. There is nothing more necessary. That is...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 19, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The Third Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010. The alternate date for this event is Sunday, September 26, 2010. The Friends of the Poor® Walk is a unique national fundraising effort organized nationally and locally by Councils...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 19, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Judith Metz SC explores Elizabeth Seton’s Spirituality of the Cross is an article in the current, Summer 2010, edition of Review for Religious. She presents a central element of St. Elizabeth Seton’s spirituality: her realization of the importance of...