by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda begins this simple reflection with “In the middle of Mass one day, I shut my eyes and was overwhelmed, downtrodden by all the doubts and insecurities that surrounded me. And then I saw something. In my mind’s eye, I saw the pews in front of me full...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 22, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“Yet I also believe there is a vocation within the vocation of a Daughter of Charity. Serving the poor makes our heart come alive. My own vocation as a Daughter of Charity means that treasure that holds my heart is the poor, yes, but there is another...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Amanda writes: “… I have been reading a lot about St Therese lately and you would think that the Daughters of Charity or the Vincentian spirituality would have nothing to do with this cloistered Carmelite saint. At least that’s...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Amanda writes of her long Advent waiting for an answer to her petition to enter the postulancy. “So you know how I mentioned that I was experiencing my own personal understanding of the meaning of Advent? That was my sly way of saying “so I applied...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda writes another  Open Letter  this time to St. Catherine Laboure on her blog Drink Deeply My Daughter. Dear Sister Laboure, I’m pretty sure you know who I am. Did St. Vincent, that same old man that appeared in your dreams so long ago, tell you? I’m...