by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2024 | Church
Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given...
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...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2014 | Vincentian Family
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The tone of the debates about the document, “The Church in Modern World”, during a two year discussion of the document that has shaped the church for 50 years, seems eerily reminiscent of the discussion...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2013 | Justice and Peace
“Saint Vincent taught us that” resonated in her heart as Mother Guillemin heard the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. “Vincent de Paul, his teaching and his life were centuries ahead of the Church’s magisterium.” Thus writes Sister María Pilar...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“Who was that Daughter of Charity at Vatican II?” is the question that Sr. Denise LaRock, DC poses on her blog Spirit of the Daughters of Charity. She identifies Mother Guillemin the Daughter of Charity who was an official auditor at the Council and...
