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Pope – “combat evil with good”
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2013 | Pope
The Holy Father offers prayer... and path forward. At this time of mourning the Holy Father prays that all Bostonians will be united in a resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good (cf. Rom 12:21), working together to build an ever more just,...
SVDP partnering with Papa Johns Pizza
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2013 | Vincentian Family
About 300,000 people in Cincinnati are unsure of where they'll get their next meal. This includes 100,000 children. Papa Johns and the Cincinnati SVDP are partnering to help feed them. See details in this video. http://youtu.be/7GUt65fsnH4
Present for Blessed Frederic’s 200th birthday
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2013 | Vincentian Family
A NEW SVDP WEBSITE! The Society of St. Vincent dePaul offers a gift for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Frederic Ozanam. Even at this stage in development one can see the possibilities. For example an interactive map of where the Society serves. Go to...
To be a Daughter of Charity in Syria in a time of war…
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Excerpts from an Interview with a Daughter of Charity returning from Syria You were previously in Northern Syria, and you left there … What was your work there with your sisters? Can you briefly tell us the reasons for your departure? I will give you some...
A Vincentian reflects on doubt
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
In this guest post written before the Boston Bombing, Lynn L'Heureux reflects on "Doubts - God’s Infinite Goodness – Living in Christ - Healing gift/Bread of Life" (Lynn L’Heureux is Special needs co-coordinator & Advisor of the Society of St Vincent de Paul...
Four aspects of Louise’s spitirtuality
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
The following presentation on Saint Louise as a spiritual woman has been taken form a freshly translated article of the same title. It focuses on the following four aspects of her spirituality: a woman inspired by the Spirit a woman of prayer and a woman who...
Vincentian Center – Travel Industry and Human Trafficking
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Whose Business Is It? The Travel Industry’s Role in Ending Modern-Day Slavery The Vincentian Center for Church and Society, the Ladies of Charity and the Office of Multicultural Affairs at St. John's University sponsored a day long workshop drawing...
Vinnies (Australia) call for bipartisan commitment
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The Australian St Vincent de Paul Society is holding the Australian government to it commitment of cutting homeless numbers in half by the end of the decade. They are calling for a bipartisan commitment in Canberra to the commitment made originally by in 2008 by Kevin...
Digital afterlife? Not what you think!
by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2013 | Technology: Issues and Uses, Vincentian Family
It is actually a serious question about what happens to your digital data when you die. TechNewsDaily addresses the issue - How Do You Deal with the Data of the Dead? AUSTIN, Texas — You are going to die. Probably not anytime soon, but you will. And when you finally...
Pope – take life as it comes
by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2013 | Pope
Pope Francis: Learning to take life as it comes, the good with the bad (Vatican Radio) When things go badly, we should not masquerade them. We should learn to have faith in God, and how to accept what happens in life, the good with the bad, always knowing that Christ...