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(19,000) Friends of the Poor
by John Freund, CM | Aug 15, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Depending upon your perspective 19,000 is a pitifully small or amazingly large number. Whatever, last year 19,000 friends of the poor walked their way to raising $1.8 million from events in 220 locations. That money, used to support local special work, would not be...
2 Sisters of Charity beaten in Montana
by John Freund, CM | Aug 15, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Mary Vincentia Maronick, 90, and Sister Clara Scherr, 79, are in "good spirits and healing" at St. Vincent Healthcare after they were assaulted during a home invasion and robbery early Wednesday. Scherr remains in ICU but could be tranferred out of the unit...
Mary in two minutes
by John Freund, CM | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
The folks at BustedHalo have release another one of their 2 minute videos. "Ever wonder what the big deal is with Catholics and the Virgin Mary? Do they worship her or just pray to her? What’s the Annunciation? What’s the Immaculate Conception? What’s the Assumption?...
Newest CM Bishop has a Facebook page
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The newest Vincentian bishop who until a month ago was serving the Congregation of the Mission in the Vincentian Curia in Rome has his own Facebook page.
Name that Pope!
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2013 | Church
Much has been made over the similarities and differences in recent Popes. Try your hand at this interactive quiz the offers a series of papal quotations on issues that are in the news and asks the reader to identify which Pope made the statement.
Handling Panhandling
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
How -- Not Whether -- to Help a Panhandler This is the question addressed by Amy L. Freeman in a post on Huffington Posts Impact section. I used to hate walking past panhandlers. When I saw someone on the street asking for money, I felt awkward, overly-privileged,...
Gerbils – Thank a Vincentian priest
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
"Introducing Père David, the bold priest who brought us gerbils. As a missionary in China, he was also the first westerner to set eyes on a giant panda." - So writes Christopher Howse in the Catholic Herald. Not mentioned in the article below ... Pere David  was...
Unexpected use for SVDP Thrift Store items
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Young people from St William's Parish, Grovely, will each wear at least one item bought from St Vincent de Paul Society stores to a formal dinner at the end of August. The idea of a Vinnies Vamp Up dinner surfaced at the InsideOut 2013 youth retreat at Camp Bornhoffen...
Vatican using soccer to promote coexistence
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2013 | Church
Scholas Occurentes is an international network of schools that the Vatican launched, supported by Pope Francis, to promote a culture of coexistence and respect between different cultures, protect the environment and to foster cooperation over competition. Lionel Messi...
+Michael O’Keeffe – Irish SVDP leader
by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Michael O’Keeffe (59), a well-known figure in the St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) (Correction: Ireland not Australia) both nationally and locally, died in a farm accident on Friday evening. His sudden and tragic death has been met by shock and sadness across the...