by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Ed Udovic writes, “It is not an exaggeration to see Vincent de Paul as one of the great Tridentine Reformers. France was the last of the major Catholic countries to accept the council’s decrees and adopt them (in 1615) as the platform for the renewal...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Sometimes there are so many insights in an article it is hard to write a summary. Father José María Villar Suarez wrote such an article about the impact of the more than a decade Vincent spent ministering to the parishioners at Clichy. At one level Father José María...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2011 | Vincentian Family
” The heart of practicing the Christian virtue of charity lies in its intimate and necessary relationship to both justice and organization. A relationship exemplified in the example of St. Vincent de Paul and the communities he inspired. In...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 12, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Among the recent additions to the Vincentian image archive includes photos disproving a spate of article claiming that Vincent’s body was incorrupt. Fr. John Rybolt writes, “I added a series under Vincent de Paul that I am calling “Exhumation,” although...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 2, 2011 | Vincentian Family
The French edition of famvin under Claude Lautissier presents a painting (click to enlarge) which depicts a freed prisoner showing gratitude to Vincent de Paul. A Daughter of Charity is present – she can be seen on the right of the painting. But she is not...
