by John Freund, CM | Dec 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Celebrating the divine mess-maker! His birth caused a cosmic upheaval. Pope Francis famously encouraged a gathering of some 30,000 youth to “make a mess,” shaking up the comfort, self-satisfaction and clericalism of a Church closed in on itself. As I reflect on the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 19, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Pope Gives 400 Sleeping Bags to Rome’s Homeless – Most people celebrate their birthdays by receiving gifts, but Pope Francis did the opposite. Reminds one of Vincent’s rounds. According to Zenit.org… To celebrate his 78th birthday on...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2014 | Justice and Peace
Pope Francis Confronts Slavery in World Day of Peace Message – ‘Do not be complicit, indifferent to tragedy of exploitation’ … all men and women “no longer slaves, but brothers and sisters”. Listen as he describes The many faces of slavery...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Archbishop Cupich, Pope Francis and St.Vincent – When I read this piece about Archbishop Cupich, Pope Francis’s first major U.S. appointment, I thought immediately of St. Vincent de Paul, and indeed just about all the founders of the the various branches of the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2014 | Vincentian Family
“The joys and hopes” – Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II) begins its 50th year – How does the church based on a document two thousand years old, relate that past to the present?” There are two joyful authoritative answers to that “Gaudium et...
