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Vincentian Home Care Project in China
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Xi's, Vincentian Home Care project serves as model of care so diverse it covers all areas of rural China, from the dusty plains to the quite mountains and from the bustling cities to the diminishing villages, the project covers an area of some 200 square...
Vincentian priest awarded French Legion of Honor
by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Fr. Emeric Amyot d'Inville from the Province of Madagascar became Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur - Knight of the Legion of Honor on January 1, 20122. He joins a group of "Legionaries" from the Vincentian Family reaching back to Ozanam and Rosalie Rendu. ✰ Father...
Friendship of My Soul – Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
‘Friendship of My Soul,’ a book of selected letters of Elizabeth Ann Seton, first native-born Saint of the United States – compiled and edited by Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., provincial archivist for the Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Compiled and...
We will adapt your material for VinFormation
by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
"Stargazer - Elizabeth Seton's Journey of Faith" is an example of a free service of VinFormation. Sr. Mary McCormicK, SC sent us the text of a prayer service she prepared for the celebration of the feast of Elizabeth Seton, January 4. Do you have Vincentian formation...
Visions of Change 2012
by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2012 | Justice and Peace
A short clip of a 6 year old sharing her concept of a community she will have when she grows up, based on Gift Economy. Listen to her, it is her generation that will see the world operate this way, after all! (Click the picture to play) It is from the children that...
RomeReportsTV – Ethics as path to combatting financial instability.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2012 | Church
RomeReprotsTV - Europe's debt crisis has taken the world's economic markets on a roller coaster of ups and downs. It has most recently paved way for the creation of new governments in Greece, Spain and Italy. Many are saying the underlying problems to this financial...
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A special Winter issue of Celebration, the quarterly magazine of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, tells three stories of the sisters' generous response to the urging of the love of Christ through their ministries in schools and hospitals. Celebrate with us the...
The Papal Year in one minute
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2012 | Church
RomeReportsTV offer a one minute clip of Papal images of the year 2011. "2011 was a busy year for Benedict XVI. From local trips in Italy to international trips to Spain, Germany and Benin, the pope kept a full schedule throughout the year. Some of the highlights...
Count the ways to say Happy New Year!
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2012 | News
How many ways can you say Happy New Year? Here is a link to learn how many ways there are. Test out how many you know. If you know more than ten click on the comment link and tell us which ones you know.
And the verdict is in…
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Amanda writes of her long Advent waiting for an answer to her petition to enter the postulancy. "So you know how I mentioned that I was experiencing my own personal understanding of the meaning of Advent? That was my sly way of saying "so I applied for postulancy...