by John Freund, CM | Jul 19, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
She was the one they left behind… “Who hurts more—the one leaving or the one left behind? Or, better said—which is sadder, to leave or to be left?” Gerogia Hedrick continues, I don’t even pretend to know the answer to either of the above questions. But I...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda writes of the impact of  the martyr Ita Ford MM “I found that house on Westminster Place, paused, and prayed. This was no ordinary former novitiate to me, of which there are plenty in St Louis. This was not just a historical building. It meant something...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Saints and Blessed Daughters of Charity Saint Catherine Labouré Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira Blessed Marta Wiecka Daughters of Charity, Martyrs Blessed Rosalie Rendu For an insight into the spirituality that...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Reflections on an experience of the Daughter of Charity mission in Kenya. There are 5 missions: Chanzo in Nairobi, Thigio, Chepnyal, Kitale, and Kiio. I am serving in Chepnyal. “It has been months since my last posting…there’s no way to write about...
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...
