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Sisters of Charity Federation strategic plan
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity Federation shares goals on their website. PREAMBLE Building upon the Strategic Plan of 2008-2012 and based on our common charism, the love of Christ urges us, and our common mission to serve those living in poverty, we, members of the Sisters of...
Nazareth Sisters of Charity on the “outskirts”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Pope Francis has urged to serve at the "outskirts". The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth serve on the outskirts in a School for Disabled in Nepal, Katmandu. There are over 90 children who are bused daily (some are on the bus for up to 2 hrs just to get to the school)....
Spirituality of Surprises – Church of surprises
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
It is not only the women at the tomb who were surprised. In our days the Church has been surprised by the Holy Spirit. In a post titled "The Spirituality of Surprises" the blog Dating God catalogs how the church has been surprised by election of its new Pope  and some...
Pope Francis speaks to the world
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
Speaking in front of some 250,000 people from around the world in the Vatican, Francis prayed for "dear Syria, for its people torn by conflict and for the many refugees who await help and comfort. We too, like the women who were Jesus’ disciples, who went to the tomb...
Easter and “Falling Plates”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Featured Videos
Easter and “Falling plates”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A video using the image of "FallingPlates"  shares the purpose of the Easter Story. FallingPlates portrays in four minutes the universal themes of life, lost love, death, pain and faith in a God who interrupts our lives to show his love. Life begins happy and content...
Pope Francis – Easter Vigil Homily
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Pope
Francis kept his message simple and tied to the liturgical readings, recalling how Jesus' disciples found his tomb empty a day after his death and were surprised and confused. How often does Love have to tell us: Why do you look for the living among the dead? Our...
The Word – Poetry of Salvation History
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Word (The poetry of Salvation History) the word of creation land and sea and sky let them be in our image becoming more and everything is good the word of alienation not me … you … the serpent cursed now and forever pain and sweat and toil dust to dust the word of...
Their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them (Lk. 24:11)
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Mar 30, 2013 | Reflections
Easter Sunday (C), March 31, 2013 - Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col. 3:1-4; Jn. 20:1-9 Mary of Magdala cannot wait till she visits the tomb. The day of rest done, she goes there early in the morning. She sees that it is open. Puzzled, she hurries to report it to Peter and...
Living in a world without Jesus
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2013 | Formation
We have all experienced that awful moment when we realize that someone we love is no longer with us. In a guest post Susan Stabile invites us to enter into the experience of the disciples of Jesus - their world without Jesus. Today is Holy Saturday, the day on which...