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...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
Representatives of A.I.C. and Vincentian Marian Youth visited Hong Kong and China from November 14th to the 25th accompanied by members of the Chinese province of the Congregation of the Mission. The invitation was to “come and see.” The remarkable rise of China on...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2012 | Missions inter gentes
Remembering the CM Missionary who embraced China When Belgian LazaristFather Vincent Lebbe CM arrived in China in 1901 he had a marked effect on Christianity in the country and in the northeast city of Tianjin in particular. He was vicar general of the Tianjin diocese...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 23, 2012 | Vincentian Family
There may be individual Sisters who run marathons, but only in China is there a marathon for Sisters. there there is no event like this anywhere in the world. It is particularly odd that it would develop in China. But we are here, we are not going away, and this year...
