by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2011 | Church
The world’s largest Stations of the Cross will linger in Rome only 10 more days before heading to the Chilean hill in the port city of Coquimbo for which they were commissioned. The bronze Via Crucis — 49 life-size statues in 14 stations — has...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2011 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sisters Vivienne Joyce, SC, & Mary Ellen O’Boyle, SC Sisters of Charity of New York prepared a beautiful reflection on the Mystery of Suffering in the writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Presented with apologies for not having posted it earlier!) Elizabeth Ann Seton...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Among the Lenten daily programs Vincentian may find thought provoking  “40 days with the least”  (pdf link no longer active) as a way of engaging with Fr. Greg Gay’s Lenten Letter. A 40 day carbon fast approaches the 40 days from the viewpoint of an...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The drumbeat of early warnings of  historically high food prices leaning to  a major global crisis rooted might help put some perspective on the Lenten call for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Food price spikes are more than a blip on the Chicago Board of Trade. The...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2011 | Vincentian Family
“Let us focus especially on our relationship with the poor” writes Fr. Gregory Gay in his Lenten letter. (Lent-2011-ENG) If “metanonia” literally means “change your way of thinking”, then Lent is the perfect time for us to look at...
