by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2012 | Vincentian Family
According to SVDP Philadelphia, “For the past three summers, ten high school students from Brooklyn and several faculty members have been volunteering their time in the Philadelphia area. The student group stays at the St. Vincent de Paul Young Adult Center in...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 20, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Bro. Mark Elder, CM writes…. “Finally after 3 summer sessions, I finished a rather large public mural in Germantown of Philadelphia. The color is bright and those of you who know Germantown…it’s by choice. It’s called ‘St. Vincent’s Orchard’. Please give...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A four year project coming to completion…. Bro. Mark Elder has returned to the DePaul Catholic School in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, to complete a mural he began 4 years ago. Bro. Mark has been coordinating the mural with Steve Janczewski, the Vice...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 26, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Vincentian Brother Mark Elder, creator of some of the most striking murals in the United States and elsewhere, uses art in his quest to help the poor and disenfranchised.” writes Cliff Terry for the website vocationnetwork. Terry’s article continues,...
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
At recent unveiling of the Zafen website created by dePaul University to support the Vincentian Family efforts in Haiti Bro. Mark (AKA Buffalo Bro) offers a variation of the technique he has used in creating wall sized murals of Vincent in and around Chicago. In this...