by John Freund, CM | Jun 26, 2014 | Daughters of Charity
There were four Sisters who remained behind to work in the House of Charity during the French Revolution. They paid with their lives. They represent an earlier version of a story celebrated in the powerful film “Of Gods and Men” and the 7 Trappist monks...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
FamVin is happy to present this translation into English of an article on martyrdom by Corpus Juan Delgado, CM. It looks at the concept of martyrdom as it appears in the writings of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. The concept is examined from the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pardon and conversion are the gifts that the martyrs give to everyone. In his homily Angelo Cardinal Amato stated that we remembers these martyrs because as members of the people of God, as baptized men and women they clothed themselves in the white garment of charity...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Pope
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a video message on Sunday marking the beatification of 522 Spanish martyrs who were killed during the anti-Christian persecutions of the 1930s. Please find below the full text of the video message in English translation. Dear brothers...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2013 | Association of the Miraculous Medal, Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The following gallery of photos were taken on the occasion of the Oct. 13 vigil held for the members of the CM’s, DC’s and the member of the Association of the Miraculous Medal. Fr Greg Gay wrote in a reflection for this momentous occasion…...