by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2008 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Streep researched the history of the Sisters of Charity and wore a wool gabardine replica of their habit with its distinctive bonnet. Before filming “Doubt,†the film version of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer-winning play, “We went up to Saint Vincent’s...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
“ Our brothers of the old world should be taught that China is the country of the future, of the illimited possibilities. That if, as it might be, it resists to the actual crisis and survives to it, it is called to play an important and unexpected part in the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2008 | Vincentian Family
On the FamVin Australia Site, Lisa Bright has posted an update to the Life and Times of Frederic Ozanam. This is from material prepared by The Blessed Frederic Ozanam Institute of Spirituality (2003), St. Vincent de Paul Society NSW The material covers Ozanam amd his...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2008 | Vincentian Family
NUNTIAÂ (nuntia-2008-11) of the Congregation of the Mission recounts the activities of the General Curia and reports from various Provinces around the world.
by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2008 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The Superior General, in addition to sending help, appeals for further help for our brothers and sisters in need. The money can be sent to the General Curia in the name of Father Gouldrick, the Econome Generale, indicating if it is a donation for Costa Rica and/or...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 5, 2008 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
December 8 marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the canoncial establishment of the Confraternity of Charity- 1617; one of the four major feasts chosen by the Society of St. Vincent DePaul 1834 and the day on which many groups of the Sisters of Charity renew...