by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Two major new sources are now available in English. An insightful biography long available on the Spanish cmglobal.org site has been translated into English. The latest issue of the Vincentian Heritage Journal has four fine articles devoted to Ozanam. Click Read...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 1, 2009 | Vincentian Family
Sr. Jean Marie Williams, DC shares with us the very well done presented of the life of Bl. Marta WIecka, DC, who died in 1904 and was beatified May 24, 2008. For this presentation as well as others on Vincentian Saints and Blesseds visit the “Saints and...
by John Freund, CM | May 30, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
To celebrate the first anniversary of the beatification of Sr. Marta Anna Wiecka DC, the Daughters of Charity prepared an all-night vigil at Jasna Góra Shrine in Czestochowa, Poland, on 24th -25th May 2009. As a result of volunteering to take the place of someone...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 17, 2009 | Formation, Vincentian Family
Stung by criticism of an atheist about the Church’s absence in the lives of the poor Frederick began a life-long journey of responding to that charge. The following post from Atheist Nexus provides something of a an update on current day perceptions of atheists...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 18, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Vincentian Historian, Dr Thomas McKenna, CM gives a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin: “Frederic Ozanam: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life.” He contrasted Ozanam’s ideas with a discussion of consumer culture and its impact on modern society....
