by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2011 | Vincentian Family
We have big shoes to fill! Sister María Pilar López, DC recently laid out how Vincent, without using the words was well in advance of the Church’s social teaching. Frederic, whose feast we celebrate September 9, influenced the magisterium in the words and...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Why We Need to Canonize More Lay Saints Ever since the Second Vatican Council spoke of the “universal call to holiness,” there has been a move to recognize more lay men and women as saints, as models of sanctity for lay Catholics. Several contemporary saints have...
by Beth | Jan 29, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
February 1 marks the anniversary of the Martyrs of Angers, Daughters of Charity ODILE BAUMGARTEN & MARIE-ANNE VAILLOT. For more information visit Vincentian Encyclopedia Article Martyrs of Angers as described in a homily by Fr. Richard Mc Cullen, C.M. February...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 30, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The VINCENTIAN HERITAGE JOURNAL special issue on Frederick Ozanam is now available online at http://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj/ Read on for the contents. Frédéric Ozanam’s Tactical Wisdom For Today’s Consumer Society Thomas McKenna C.M. Frédéric Ozanam,...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 30, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Georgia wrote “We need heroes. We need to give kids heroes. Without heroes, they will give us gangs.” And worse. Some food for thought. We have a history full of heroes – Vincentian and others. Do we tell the stories of the Saints and saints often enough? Click Read...
