by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Jean Pierre Renouard, C.M. situates “Vincent in the political context of his time ” in this paper from the Third Asian Vincentian Institute (Mother House, Paris, September-December 2006) “I will try to write to you of simple things at the risk of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Vincent de Paul was not keen about the involvement of the Congregation of the Mission in parishes. His reluctance to accept them, while by no means an absolute refusal, is evident from the earliest days of the Company until the time of his death. In an article...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 3, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Spanish website Somos is making available in English a series of insightful articles, the first of which is  “An approach to a critical reading of the founders writings.” 1. Knowing the Founders through their writings The first step to a critical...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Chesterton once said that the difference between a sinner and saint is not that the saint doesn’t sin. The difference is that the saint knows they’re a sinner. This is what strikes me with St. Vincent de Paul. You might expect, and certainly you will get to some...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sr. Denise LaRock offers a gallery of photos from and a reflection on Vincent’s missionary spirit as carried out today in the Cook Islands. Complete with references to the movies “Whale Rider” and “Invictus” the post offers not only a...
