by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The elderly are not a problem, a market, a budget: They are real individuals, our own people, our ancestors, in due course — ourselves.” Australian Catholic News services headlines…Australian bishop warns: Don’t cut medical costs by...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2011 | Church
He was the first Canadian Roman Catholic priest to start a blog. The Canadian paper Globe and Mailreports that now, at 40, Rev. Thomas Dowd is posting a much loftier achievement: Canada’s youngest bishop and the second youngest in the world. As a pioneer of...
by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
First Fridays, the Bishop of Trenton, David M. O’Connell, hosts “The Shepherd’s Voice” – a LIVE informative and interactive program. Bishop O’Connell begins the program with a teaching and brief commentary, and then Jim and Cheryl Manfredonia help facilitate the hour...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
“L’Osservatore Romano” announced on Wednesday, 22 December 2010, that Father José Carlos CHACOROWSKI, C.M., currently the Director of the Daughters of Charity of the Province of Amazonia in the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil, was named Auxilliary Bishop of São...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
America Magazine recently wrote that “a gem of a diocese is getting a gem of a new bishop.” On July 30th, CatholicTV will air the Episcopal Ordination Mass of Bishop-elect David O’Connell, CM for the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. The Mass will air at 8PM...
