by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Vincent must be smiling! Fr. Dennis Holtschneider writes in his blog from WYD with Vincentian Youth…10:30 a.m. Saturday. The young people are given masks to wear on the back of their heads (click on graphic to enlarge), and instructed to leave them on all day. ...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The leadership of the Vincentian Marian Youth is making Spanish language chronicles from Madrid. Here are the first two in English translation provided by famvin. WELCOME TO YOUR HOUSE Madrid, August 12, 2011 In the chapel and sharing prayer.  Thus began the reception...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Welcome to  the dePaulWYD blog sharing our time at the Vincentian Youth Gathering prior to World Youth Day. I’m Fr. Dennis Holtschneider from DePaul University, wearing the dark blue shirt, third-from-the-right in the front row. (click image to enlarge or the dePaul...
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...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
It was a Daughter of Charity who nurtured a young Frederic Ozanam. by involving him in her work with the poorest of the poor in Paris. Today the Daughters of Charity in Eritrea do not work alone when they give service to those who are poor. In Keren, Eritrea, as soon...