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Pope’s Lenten Message – Concern for each other
by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2012 | Church
Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's message for Lent 2012. The message is dated Nov. 3 and was released today. The pope outlined his message with three points taken from St. Paul's letter concern for others reciprocity personal holiness." "Let us be...
To what political party does the Church belong?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2012 | Church
The Archdiocese of Washington website has blog post "To what political party does the Church belong?" that might well be read by media folks of all stripes... as well as Catholics.
Catholic Social Ministry Gathering Priorities
by John Freund, CM | Feb 13, 2012 | Church
On February 14, 2012, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering participants will be advocating on Hill. The following Hill Notes and Backgrounders will prepare you to effectively articulate the Catholic position on the following legislative priorities: International...
Vincentians at Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington
by John Freund, CM | Feb 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family, led by the Vincent dePaul Society, is well represented at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering this week in Washington. For the "homebound" there is a way to follow a good bit of the action via Facebook and Twitter (#csmg). This is a good...
Do Vincentians follow Leviticus or Jesus?
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Jaime Corera, CM writes "If Vincent had remained faithful to Leviticus until his death and if he continued to love himself in the same way that he did for the first thirty-seven years of his life, if he had not experienced a radical change that enabled him to...
Don’t Walk By
by Beth | Feb 12, 2012 | Featured Videos
http://vimeo.com/1875062 Be a Good Samaritan and Don’t Walk By. Hundreds of volunteers will join together in February 2012 for a homeless outreach across all of Manhattan. Registration to volunteer opened December 12th, 2011. Visit www.dontwalkby.org to learn...
Christ has no online presence but yours!
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2012 | Technology: Issues and Uses
Meredith Gould offers this contemporary take on Saint Teresa of Avila’s well-known prayer, Christ Has No Body. For your consideration and contemplation: Christ Has No Online Presence but Yours "Christ has no online presence but yours, No blog, no Facebook page but...
Trend – English language outreach to Latinos
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2012 | Collaboration, News
The influential marketing blog Hispanic Trending writes... "The trend started as a trickle a few years ago, but now it’s huge: Media companies providing content for Latinos, but in English. Why is this happening now? Rodriguez: What’s happening is that media companies...
Online access to writings of Elizabeth Seton
by John Freund, CM | Feb 12, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The dePaul Heritage Archives present the Collected Writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton. It is hoped that these volumes which can be downloaded will mark the beginning of a new and fruitful phase of exploration into the life of Elizabeth Bayley Seton, wife, mother, widow,...
Popular resources for Vincentian Spirituality
by John Freund, CM | Feb 11, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Visit the Vinformation site for a collection of resources for Vincentian Spirituality related to Encountering Christ in the Poor, Characteristics of Vincentian Spirituality, Introduction to our Founders, Our beliefs. Encountering Christ in the Poor Seeing the Face of...