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Interview With Fr. Greg
by John Freund, CM | May 26, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission speaks of his activities during the month of May in an interview (no longer available) with Fr. Julio Suescun the manager of CMGLOBAL.
Vincentian Studes Institute Receives One Million Dollar Grant
by John Freund, CM | May 26, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians) and the Daughters of Charity that they would endow DePaul with a $1 million gift to help fund the Vincentian Studies Institute’s operations as it becomes a part of the Office of Mission and Values headed by Rev....
Helping Catholics Become Apostles…
by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2007 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
The Trinity Mission Center is a program of the Missionary Cenacle Family, which has been sending persons on mission since 1916, serving the poor of the Americas. We are an international network of lay men and women, religious and priests of various nationalities...
June In The Life Of The Vincentian Family
by John Freund, CM | May 25, 2007 | Vincentian Family
2 - Pope Pius X establishes the Association of the Miraculous Medal - 1905 2 - Pope John Paul II canonizes John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M., first missionary to China to be canonized - 1996 3 - Association of the Miraculous Medal Established - 1915 4 - St. Louise received...
April Issue of NUNTIA (Congregation of the Mission)
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The April issue of the International Newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission , NUNTIA, is now available online. 28. General Curia Arrival of the New Director of Vincentiana and Nuntia. On 19 April, Father Julio Suescun Olcoz (Province of Zaragoza), new Director...
Carol Keehan DC – The Need For Catholic Health Care
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
For Sister Keehan DC, President of the Catholic Health Association, the role of Catholics in the health-care industry is an absolute necessity. In a wide-ranging interview for St. Anthony's Messenger she points out that if you look at the history of Catholic health...
CEO’s Sleep Out In Escape from Poverty
by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2007 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The St Vincent de Paul Society’s “Escape from Poverty†campaign is one of many Society initiatives designed to raise awareness of the problems of poverty and homelessness. Now in its second year, the “CEO Winter Sleep Out†is one of the best known features...
New Slide Presentation of Superior General In Great Britan
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Gregory Gay, CM visited London May 1-5, 2007. His first stop was a visit to the Company of the Mission Priests, Anglican priests who dedicate their lives to the poor living a life of celibacy with Vincent as their patron saint. He also visited with the confreres...
41% of Australians Vounteer
by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, May 13, 2007 (catholicweekly.com.au):  John O’Neill, NSW/ACT State president of the St Vincent de Paul Society, writes for The Catholic Weekly - Research by the Australian Council of Social Services found that 41 per cent of Australians volunteered in...
Congregation of the Mission Appoints Director of Office of Communications
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2007 | Congregation of the Mission
In a letter from Alfredo Becerra Vázquez, CM we learn of the establishment of an Office of Communications for the Congregation of the Mission. The creation of this Office which now includes the web page of the Congregation expands the role of Fr. Julio Suescun Olcoz,...