by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser reflects why we need to be forgiven by the poor and “compassion fatigue” in this piece found on his website. There is a story told about Saint Vincent de Paul. Perhaps it’s partly myth, but its challenge is real nonetheless. Vincent...
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Thanks to Astor Rodriquez for spotting this gem by Father Len Stoviak about the “preferential option for the poor”, Vincent and the work of the Vincent de Paul Society in his parish. The poor are Christ Today’s feast of Saint Vincent de Paul...
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Saints of Our Lives is Team Busted Halo acting out the lives of the saints in soap opera fashion for your educational and entertainment pleasure. In our first episode of Saints of Our Lives, we dramatize the lives ofSt. Vincent De Paul and Louise De Marillac. Listen ...
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Readers of FamVin know that Vincent wrote some 30,000 letters. Few of us will ever read even a small fraction of those that survived. I was once privileged in Paris to hold one of his letters in my hands. The feelings that arose are hard to put into words.It was a...
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2014 | Pope
Is Pope Francis a Vincentian? Not explicitly, perhaps. But in his call for a Church “that is poor, and is for the poor” – that is, for a Church that identifies closely with the poor – and in his insistence that this entails personal, loving service to our brothers and...
