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Living Lent vs. Living Easter
by John Freund, CM | Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
This post is a few years old but addresses a challenge that is real today. The Easter Challenge: Living as Though Resurrection Was the Final Word For the Next 50 Days Two quotes in particular caught my eye... I've tended to live Easter as if it is just...
Insight – SCN Advocacy
by John Freund, CM | Apr 3, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Nazareth Mahila Samithi found this video on Youtube, "A Documentary on the Charitable NGO of SCN Sisters, Delhi" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3QhcuVbiU&feature=youtu.be For more information contact Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Office of Global Ministries...
Sisters of Charity theme – Act Justly
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2013 | Vincentian Family
S. Judith Metz reports... At a recent meeting, CEOs of the Sisters of Charity (Cincinnati) sponsored ministries and members of the Corporation Board for Sponsored Ministries discussed a desire to identify a common theme from the Sisters of Charity Mission Statement on...
Tribute to St. Louise – Social Worker
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The Catholic Moral Theology blog posted "St. Louise and a Tribute to Social Workers" Today is the feast of St. Louise de Marillac, patron saint of Christian social workers. I want to celebrate both St. Louise and social workers with this post. Many...
SVDP-USA on Immigration Policies
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Sheila GIlbert, St. Vincent de Paul Society National President, released the following statement.... Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce a few weeks ago about some important issues. Among other things, he said that education is...
Insights from AIC International Assembly
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2013 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
Three Vincentian Family members from Great Britain attended the AIC International Assembly addressing the theme “Education a Two – Way process” Thanks to Dee Mansi and Christine Crump for their informative account of the AIC INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY held at the...
Charity Federation Grassroots report
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2013 | Vincentian Family
On Saturday March 23, 2013 the Charity Federation Grassroots in the NY metro area met in Convent Station, NJ to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the council with a daylong seminar called Vatican II- Memory and Reform-Revisiting the Council, Revisiting our...
Sisters of Charity Federation strategic plan
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity Federation shares goals on their website. PREAMBLE Building upon the Strategic Plan of 2008-2012 and based on our common charism, the love of Christ urges us, and our common mission to serve those living in poverty, we, members of the Sisters of...
Nazareth Sisters of Charity on the “outskirts”
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Pope Francis has urged to serve at the "outskirts". The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth serve on the outskirts in a School for Disabled in Nepal, Katmandu. There are over 90 children who are bused daily (some are on the bus for up to 2 hrs just to get to the school)....
Spirituality of Surprises – Church of surprises
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
It is not only the women at the tomb who were surprised. In our days the Church has been surprised by the Holy Spirit. In a post titled "The Spirituality of Surprises" the blog Dating God catalogs how the church has been surprised by election of its new Pope and some...