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In a new voice…”Who are the poor?”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
A stay-at-home-Mom offers her expanded answer to "who are the poor?" The poor are our teachers! Jeannie Ewing , writes personally and powerfully ...."My understanding of “poverty” has evolved over the past year or so. Like most people, when I heard the word “poor,” my...
Waiting in Peace, Blessings…
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Waiting in Peace – Everyday Blessings – Joyful Submission – Our Gift . All are themes covered by Lynn L'Heureux in her weekly reflection for Vincentians. Dear Vincentian Family: This is such a beautiful time of year. It is a season of love for one another. My...
Pope named Person of the Year
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2013 | Pope
USA Today writes...Calling him "The People's Pope," Time magazine on Wednesday named Pope Francis its Person of the Year. "What makes this pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the...
Pope “Don’t look away!”
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Pope Francis issued a video message to support the global campaign against world hunger, launched by Caritas Internationalis. The Pope asked Catholics not to "look the other way” from the "global scandal” of hunger, but rather "share in Christian charity” what they...
“Women of Spirit” Exhibit’s Virtual Home
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Daughters of Charity
From the Daughters of Charity Health System... "The National Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America exhibit completed its two year run last January when it made its last stop at The California Museum in Sacramento. The national part of the exhibit was then...
Ladies of Charity and university collaboration
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Collaboration, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
Creative collaboration in the Vincentian Family has a new face in the Vincentian Family. On December 9th, Professor Joan Ball’s Marketing class at the Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University, NY made a presentation on “Re-energizing the Ladies of Charity...
Pope Francis, Dom Helder Camara – Saints or Marxists?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Pope
Pope - Saint or Marxist . As Dom Helder Camara, another prophetic archbishop from Latin America, famously observed, "When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." Some things never change. Of course no one...
Canadian SVDP reflection on Christmas Gifts
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Christmas Gifts If I want a gift to be a message of joy and really well received, it is important to know the recipient. The perfect gift is something that we know that the recipient desires but for many reasons, including financial, such an item is something...
54 religious groups call for background checks
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Faithcalling.org - With the approach of Saturday's one-year anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., faith groups are making a concerted effort to convince Congress to pass legislation expanding background checks to those...
Yes and no
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Dec 9, 2013 | Reflections
Third Sunday of Advent (A), December 15, 2013 – Is 35, 1-6a. 10; Jas 5, 7-10; Mt 11, 1-11 Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no (Jas 5, 12) Jesus and his co-workers attend to the needs of people of all kinds. This proves that Isaiah’s prophecy about the messianic...