by John Freund, CM | Aug 19, 2012 | Vincentian Family
In “Drink Deeply My Daughter” Amanda Kern concludes a reflection on Vincent and Peace with  “Vincent teaches us that peace is not words. You won’t find eloquent or flowery words from Vincent about peace. You will, however, find action, which as...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Do you know any other Sisters that are famous biochemists? Sr. Hilary Ross, DC, a humble Sister who never even went to high school, became recognized in the science industry as a pioneer. She was one of the pioneers in researching Hansen’s disease (formerly...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Amanda offers A Cheat-Sheet for Discerners of Religious Life “I don’t know about you but I loved that time in junior/senior year of high school when colleges began to “recruit”. Why? Because that meant lots of mail from different colleges,...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sitting in a Communist country on top of a monument to fallen firefighters, is a Daughter of Charity immortalized in stone. Her face is somber, clutching a cross to her chest, and she sits with a mother pelican and her two babies. A Daughter of Charity Postulant...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda writes of the impact of  the martyr Ita Ford MM “I found that house on Westminster Place, paused, and prayed. This was no ordinary former novitiate to me, of which there are plenty in St Louis. This was not just a historical building. It meant something...