by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2014 | Pope, Vincentian Family
The Surprising Humor of St. John XXIII –Â Â Father James Martin. SJ writes on the US Bishops blog… One night, in the late 1980s, during a retreat as a first-year Jesuit novice, I was poking around the retreat house library when I should have been praying. By...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 20, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Remembering Vincent & Louise. Rekindling the Vincentian Spirit – A Jubilee Celebration of Mission and Love (350th Jubilee Year Celebration of the Miraculous Medal Center – Athens, Greece held in Leontio Lykeio Auditorium, May 9, 2010) Thanks to TIm...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
As I write this it is a Saturday afternoon when many around the world listen to the Metropolitan Opera  broadcasts. I am not currently listening to the Met but to an online presentation of the opera “Vincent and Louise”. I thank my Austrian confrere...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 5, 2011 | Vincentian Family
It is not a soap opera or a telenovela. There really is a German language opera that is a  little known fruit of the 350th anniversary celebrations Prof. Richard Joseph Sigmund wrote an opera  depicting scenes from the life of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 5, 2011 | Vincentian Family
As the different localities of the Family in Bolivia (FaViBo) prepare to celebrate the feast of St. Vincent, we thought we’d share some links. Here’s a link to our web-site, (all in Spanish, of course) Also, here’s a link to our Facebook page, for...