by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Joan Ann Barrett DC shares her time as a missionary in Taiwan and China. (Video created and shared by daughtersofcharityus YouTube...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
“Introducing Père David, the bold priest who brought us gerbils. As a missionary in China, he was also the first westerner to set eyes on a giant panda.” – So writes Christopher Howse in the Catholic Herald. Not mentioned in the article below...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2013 | Vincentian Family
UCA News “Remembering the missionary who embraced China” Tianjin diocese remembers Father Vincent Lebbe Father Vincent Lebbe CM was an influential missionary in early 20th century China When Belgian Lazarist Father Vincent Lebbe arrived in China in 1901 he...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2013 | Church, News
As he was fleeing persecution at age 70 he wrote… “I want none of this world’s goods, apart from a decent watch; only one of the ones you sent two years ago was any good. The others began by gaining an hour every day, and later two hours; then they all contracted a...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Established in 1723 by the Italian Vincentian missionary Teodorico Pedrini, Xitang was the first non-Jesuit church in Beijing. After Pedrini’s death, the church was run by Carmelites, then Augustinians, until it was destroyed in 1811 during a purge of Catholics...
