by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2014 | Vincentian Family
When you don’t want to go home for Christmas – With all the social, emotional and spiritual expectations associated with Christmas celebrations in our culture, what should you do if going home for Christmas fills you with anxiety—or even dread?...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Recognizing American Saints – Five causes currently underway highlight the diversity of American Catholicism. George Weigel writes on the Aleteia website… Most attention-paying U.S. Catholics are aware of the beatification causes for Archbishop Fulton...
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2014 | Pope
Is Pope Francis a Vincentian? Not explicitly, perhaps. But in his call for a Church “that is poor, and is for the poor” – that is, for a Church that identifies closely with the poor – and in his insistence that this entails personal, loving service to our brothers and...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Whether Ben Affleck will be able to pull off a new portrayal of the Caped Crusader remains to be seen. But what is it about Batman that makes people so protective of the character? Created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger in 1939, Batman has had countless...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
If someone asked you for the difference, how would you answer? Here is part of the answer from the website Aleteia. “What difference is there between the fasting that Muslims and Christians do? Do they bear the same fruit? The Koranic verse referring to fasting...
