by John Freund, CM | Aug 21, 2011 | Justice and Peace
For  Vincentians Labor Day can and should be a call to  justice. Labor Day –  “a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. (US Department of Labor)” There is a powerful...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 21, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
If two YouTube videos ever captured the contagious joy of the Daughters of Charity and the Vincentian family, it would be these from the close of the Jubilee year in Peru! Pay attention to their faces. They become more fascinating as the video progresses. One of these...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 20, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Fundamentally, this World Youth Day is about the hunger for identity in a fragmented world. So writes John Allen in an attempt set WYD ’11 against a wider backdrop. He sees it as part of a broader trend of younger people rebelling against a rootless secular...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 17, 2011 | Systemic change
This YouTube video of Josh Wilson is making the rounds on Facebook and when I listened to it I thought… “What a song for Vincentians to sing!” Sometimes I, I just want to close my eyes And act like everyone’s alright When I know they’re...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
These days all roads lead to Madrid… even for the Pope. So our Vincentian youth have gathered in Madrid. Â The largest linguistic group, not surprisingly, comes from Spain with next largest being English-speaking, Portugese and Italian speaking. They are...
