by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
“God’s Geese with winged cornetes? Simple blue habit? Fr. Thomas McKenna, CM offers his reflections… My Friends in Christ, This issue, I write to you about “A Family Trait.” More than two million women and men identify themselves as members of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Lay Missionaries
Sr. Mary Beth Kubera, DC writes…”We had the 2013 Vincentian Lay Missionary Orientation at DePaul University on Thursday, June 27-Saturday, June 29. Jessica Werner, VLM Director, facilitated the entire orientation. The program included a special session for...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Friday’s meeting of the international leaders of the Congregation focused on a presentation of a significantly updated version of our basic formation document, “Ratio Formationis”, with guidelines for formation for mission. This document aims to be...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Was Pier Giorgio active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society? Pier Giorgio belonged to so many Catholic organizations and clubs that it was impossible for him to attend meetings for all of them. But his affiliation with the Conference of St. Vincent de Paul was very...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
For a quick sense of the gathering of provincial leadership of 50 provinces and regions of the Congregation of the Mission at St. John’s University NY watch the 3 minute...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Charity Federation Connections — Lifelines (July 2013) Visit the website for further details about each headline… Federation Meeting in Leavenworth Much of the work at the Federation Meeting in Leavenworth, Kansas can be seen on the Federation website. One of...