by John Freund, CM | Apr 10, 2009 | Featured
“He is risen!” Our hope! Our Joy! Our liberation! Painted by Sr. Gail Rieth, RSM, a former famvin.org collaborator, who, with all of our family and friends who have gone before us, experiences the reality she painted before her untimely death two years...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 8, 2009 | Church, Featured
In “Children and their families share the mysteries” Patricia Tryon, frequent contributor to famvin.org and the Vincentian Encyclopedia, hosts her own beautiful website. Be sure to visit the section geared to adults.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2009 | Church, Featured
“As Jesus is greeted with palm branches today while riding up into the Holy City, these famous lines from the poetry of Robert Frost could well be applied to him: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Sr. Mary Jo Toll, SND shares another perspective on Seeds of Hope. Sr. Mary Jo is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Toledo Province. She currently is NGO Representative of the worldwide Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame at the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Many who work among the poor speak use a phrase that captures a key purpose of their work: systemic change. This potent idea has captured the attention and imagination of leaders of the Vincentian Family. Why? One way to look at that question is to think about the...
