by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Catholic, Southern Baptist Religious Liberty Leaders – Open letter to all Americans entitled ‘Standing Together for Religious Freedom’ WASHINGTON—Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Monday marked a day of retreat for the Provincials of the Congregation of the Mission. (List of 50 countries and participants.) At the conclusion of his retreat reflections for the Provincials of the Congregation of the Mission Fr. Mendoza offered thoughts on concepts... by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 1, 2013 | Reflections, Vincentian Family
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), July 7, 2013 – Is 66, 10-14c; Gal 6, 14-18; Lk 10, 1-12. 17-20 Father, into your hands I commend my spirit (Lk 23, 46) We suffer. We are injured and we get hurt. We are not exempt from afflictions and infirmities. We are old... by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr. Denise LaRock does her own re-enactment on the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Angels of the Battlefield. She explains… 150 years ago the Union soldiers encamped on the property of the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg,... by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The story of Lourdes – the person, not the shrine! Continuing the new series illustrating recent examples of systemic change Patricia deNava, past International President of the AIC (Ladies of Charity in USA), writes.. “In order to understand Marillac, it... by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2013 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
A few months ago Fr. Robert Maloney wrote of Mary’s Meals as an example of systemic change that works. He told the story …”a simple idea that works by providing a daily meal in a place of education, chronically poor children are attracted to the classroom where...