by John Freund, CM | Sep 10, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission
The day will come when after harnessing space… the winds… the tides… gravitation… we shall harness for God the energy of love and for the second time in history we will have discovered fire. (Teilhard deChardin) So are you ready to play your...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Unfortunately, it cannot be taken for granted in the Solomons to attend school, and illiteracy is a major problem, especially among girls. This is why education has been chosen as the spine of the project St. Vincent and Louise Centre. It is our aim to enable those...
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 | Jul 26, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Click on the link to the VSO June Bulletin (or paste it into your browser) and learn about one of the beneficiaries of the Vincentian Endowment Challenge. http://cmglobal.org/vso-en/files/2007/01/VSO-Bulletin-June-2013-English.pdf For more background on the Vincentian...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2013 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Fr. Franz Kangler, Provincial of Austria, describes the work of the confreres engaged in dialog with Islam. He describes the great variety of experiences where confreres work in very hostile environments to others in which a confrere who converted from Islam teaches...