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How to celebrate 200 years!
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
If you want to see how a 200th birthday celebration can be done  read the just released issue of The Journey of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. (pdf)
Stations of the Cross and Virtual Journeys
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2013 | Formation
Stations of the Cross and Virtual Journeys - A CyberPilgrim, Sr. Caroline Cerveny opes up some possibilities in this post. If you have ever been in Jerusalem, you have probably experienced praying the Stations of the Cross winding your way through tight and...
Systematic Change Within Communities
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
At St. Joseph Services, a ministry of the Daughters of Charity, they're dedicated to changing lives through education and developing communities by building from within. We provide our students - both adults and children - with role models who come from within their...
Widow of slum priest praises Pope
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2013 | Pope
Francis "will be a great Pope": Clelia Luro de Podesta weighs in on the new pontiff Maybe to the new generation of Christian militants accompanying the slum priests, Monseñor Jerónimo Podestá's name doesn't mean much. But those who have been kicking around...
Support Vincentian youth, lay missioners
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2013 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Solidarity Office is inviting all members of the Vincentian Family to join in supporting Vincentian Marian Youth, Vincentian Lay Missionaries and the International Association of the Miraculous Medal. A family foundation has  presented the Congregation...
A different kind of inaugural mass?
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2013 | Pope
If the plans for his inaugural Mass -- expected to attract 1 million people to St. Peter's Square on Tuesday -- are any indication, it seems Pope Francis is setting three key themes for the event: simplicity, ecumenism and mercy, Joshua J. McElwee writes in the NCR....
Stages in the life of a Pope
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2013 | Pope
Catholic News Service offers a  timeline of Pope Francis' life Dec. 17, 1936: Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian immigrant parents. -- 1957: At age 21, falls gravely ill; eventually severe pneumonia is diagnosed, right lung partially removed. -- March 11,...
Pope Francis in eyes of his parishioners
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2013 | Pope
The London Guardian reports...His parishioners from the barrio of Buenos Aires where he was born and cut his political teeth say Pope Francis is likely to usher in the most radical change in the Catholic church in more than 50 years from the barrio of Buenos Aires...
FAMVIN posts on Pope Francis
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Pope
It has been a momentous week following the elections and installation of Pope Francis. The following posts were among the most visited on famvin.org Pope Francis and St. Vincent Cardinal Bergoglio’s Lenten Letter, 2013 Pope’s prayer for Cardinal electors A Vincentian...
Honoring Pope’s request to celebrate
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2013 | Pope, Vincentian Family
Catholic blogger Lisa M. HendeyF offer 5 Easy Ways to Love the Poor in Honor of His Pontificate She writes... "As someone who’d strongly considered cashing in her frequent flyer miles to be at the Vatican for his installation, his words have challenged me personally....