by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2013 | Church, Evangelization, News
Canadian Vincentian Lynn L’Heureux offers this insight… We are ordinary people called by God as Paul was. We sin, we get angry and we make many mistakes. God, however, is quite extraordinary, and he does extraordinary works with ordinary and imperfect...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Rather than simply refuting a Protestant who was attacking the Church Vincent hears the truth of his charge and grows. (Frederic Ozanam had a similar experience.) The following excerpt from an insightful article by Santiago Barquín, CM, might well lead us to ask...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Reflections of a Translator: End of the Year Reflections At this time of the year the various media outlets look back at the events that occurred during the past twelve months and highlight the most outstanding happenings. Therefore let me, as a translator, engage...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The international website of the Daughters of Charity has a Library page with the beginnings of a very rich source of historical texts related to Vincent and Louise. Life of Saint Vincent de Paul Louis Abelly, Vincent de Paul vol. 1 vol. 2 vol. 3 Louis Abelly,...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 22, 2012 | Vincentian Family
We are accustomed to view Saint Vincent from the perspective of his relationship with the poor. In doing so we run the risk of narrowing our vision in such a way that we simply consider him as a great philanthropist or a compassionate humanitarian. Why was Vincent so...
