by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2014 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
With Pope Francis urging us to go to the margins have you ever wondered what it is  like to “do theology from the margins”? The Philippine Province of the Congregation has a school of theology dedicated to doing just that. St. Vincent School of Theology... by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Sister Miriam Teresa, a Sister of Charity – New Jersey,  will be Beatified on October 4th, 2014 in Sacred Heart Basilica in Newark. The Charity Federation website posts notice of a Day of Reflection – “Venerable Sister Miriam Teresa SC: Her Life,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Every year, the pope asks a person or group of people to write the meditations that are read aloud during the nighttime torch-lit Good Friday ceremony, which he presides over. For 2014, Pope Francis picked Italian Archbishop Giancarlo Maria Bregantini of...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2014 | Vincentian Family
The Stations reflect our service and our journey as Christians who love Christ and seek to serve Him in the poor. This is our mission as Vincentians. This is our mission as Catholics.  When we look into the eyes of the poor we see Your suffering Son, Your love and...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2014 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Vincentian Superior General  washing dishes for the Daughters of Charity in Macon Georgia on the eve of Holy Thursday. As noted in an earlier post he is spending Holy Week with them and visiting their ministries in  an hispanic parish. by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Women and men were both participating in the ancient rite long before Pope Francis arrived on the scene. An article in  April 2014 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 79, No. 4, page 46) provides the history. In 1955, Pius XII reformed the liturgy to make foot washing part...
