by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2014 | Vincentian Family
If Jesus is the reason for the season… Then who was Jesus for St. Vincent and St. Louise Who was Jesus for Vincent? St. Vincent’s Understanding of Christ Vincent and the Incarnation Who was Jesus for Louise de Marillac?...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 30, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Who thought of the Daughters of Charity? In his own words… Who would ever have thought that there would be Daughters of Charity when the first of you came to a few parishes here in Paris? Oh no, Sisters! I didn’t think of it; (…). God thought of it for you....
by John Freund, CM | Nov 24, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Busted Halo features a post by Mike Hayes with 7 reasons we are thankful for Pope Francis. I found it very interesting. But it got me thinking… I would love to see a sharing/discussion of the reasons we are grateful for the special people in the Vincentian... by John Freund, CM | Nov 20, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or “prequel” of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in Christian tradition and echoed in Vincentian heritage. Father Robert Maloney CM writes… “Basically, the word Eucharistic means “thanksgiving.”...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Pope canonizes a “working mom”. Squeezed out of the news by all the attention to the Synod of the Family was another “statement” by Pope Francis when he canonized two Canadians after setting aside the usual process. In doing so he gave...