by John Freund, CM | Dec 3, 2012 | Justice and Peace
John Allen draws attention to the  Nov. 4-6 conference at Notre Dame, “Seed of the Church: Telling the Story of Today’s Christian Martyrs.” Sponsored by Notre Dame’s Institute for Church Life, the event’s aim was to raise consciousness...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 2, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda Kerns quotes a Daughter of Charity who put her money where her mouth was! “Sisters, We Have to Be Courageous”: The Story of Sister Josefa The post follows below.  (More stories of these courageous Daughters of Charity to come!) Her name was Sister... by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2012 | Church
John Allen of NCR writes, “There are undeniably important church/state issues in play in America, but if they constitute a “war,” it’s a metaphorical one, waged in legislatures and courthouses. Too often lost in the shuffle is the fact —...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 24, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Encyclopedia is happy to present for the first time in English an account of the Martyrdom of the Daughters of Charity in Valencia Spain 1936. These stories of Sr Josefa Martinez Pérez and 12 companions are truly inspiring. 1 Introduction 2 Sister... by John Freund, CM | Sep 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Many in the Vincentian Family have been deeply moved by the critically acclaimed movie “Of Gods and Men” (Official YouTube trailer), winner of the Grand Prix at the  2010 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of Christian monks faced with a terrible...
