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Pinterest as a tool of ministry
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The hottest site on the internet at the moment is Pinterest. By its nature it is hard to describe. But if you want an idea of how it can be used in ministry vinMORE's attempt at a "board". THis is one of the many channel's being used in the six week discussion of...
Louise as formator – Questions for the Vincentian Family today
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The final installment of “Louise de Marillac, Formator of the Laity” by Sister Maria Angeles Infante Barrera, DC focuses on questions and challenges for the Vincentian Family today. (See end for table of contents to entier article.) We have reflected on Louise de...
Vatican releases report on visitation of Ireland
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2012 | Church
(Romereports.com) At the beginning of 2011, four archbishops made an 'apostolic visitation' to investigate four dioceses as well as seminaries and religious congregations in Ireland. The visitation was called to look into allegations of sexual abuse. On Tuesday, the...
Catholic Relief Services and KONY 2012
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2012 | Justice and Peace
Many in the United States are learning about Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army through an internet video that has attracted tens of millions of views. Catholic Relief Services has been working for years to help the victims of Kony and the LRA. CRS officially...
Louise – Offering a Gospel spirituality
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
In part four of “Louise de Marillac, Formator of the Laity” by Sister Maria Angeles Infante Barrera, DC the focus is on her on offering a Gosspel spirituality Louise de Marillac was a spiritual woman who lived a profound interior life that enabled her to experience...
Australian Director reflects on Louise as a mystic
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Against a background of the gospel account of the Transfiguration on the Second Sunday of Lent (Mk 9:2-10), this Reflection by Tim Williams CM looks at Louise's "Lumiere" expereince and draws on quotations from an article by Benito Martinez Betanzos CM titled ...
Daughters of Charity (California) to join Ascension Health
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity Health System, which operates Seton Medical Center and several other Bay Area hospitals, has signed a memorandum of understanding to join the nation's largest Catholic health care system, Ascension Health Alliance. So writes the SanFrancisco...
Watching Frederic with awe!
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Kieran Kneaves DC writes of the Special performance "Apostle of Truth" from St. Philip Neri Newman Center Eastern Illinois University "I sat in awe as I saw the heart and soul of Frederic Ozanam come alive before my eyes." I watched as Frederic was:...
Zafen and “Translators without borders”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 18, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Raising funds to finance deserving projects is something every non-profit must master, and the challenge is exponential when your donors are global. That was the issue Zafènencountered when it launched in 2010. But it wasn’t a conundrum this online Haitian...
SVDP achieves “consultative status” at UN
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
We are pleased to inform you that we have been officially admitted as an UN-NGO member of ECOSOC under the category of Special Consultative Status with no voting rights. This consultative status provides NGOs like us with access to not only ECOSOC but also to its...