by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2008 | Vincentian Family
The Society of St. VIncent de Paul in Thailand has a very informative blog in English devoted to their activities. It also has some fine picture of recent visit of the International President as well as othe picutres of their work and worship by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
In its November international Bulletin the Society fo St. Vincent de Paul reports on a special fund for disaster victims in Brazil, its “Mobility Project” and the 16th edition of Confeder@tioNews #16 by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2008 | Vincentian Family
In addition to being recognized for his holiness he founded a community dedicated to in-home hospice care for the dying as well as a school dedicated to preparing priests for service in the missions (think enculturation). His feast is celebrated on December 10. See... by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2008 | Featured, Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Social, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In this second week of Advent famvin.org presents Joesph Foley, CM telling the story of a United Nations project, called “Millennium Villages†and suggesting that, in meeting the challenge of poverty, the Vincentian Family and the “Millennium Villages projectâ€... 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...