by John Freund, CM | Dec 7, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Feast of the Immaculate Conception – VinFormation has collated a number of resources that help appreciate the place of Mary in the Vincentian Tradtion. Mary in the Vincentian Tradition Thomas McKenna, CM Five Faces of Mary Robert Maloney, CM St. Vincent de Paul...
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 | Nov 12, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Manny Ginete, CM, outgoing liaison of the Congregation of the Mission to the Vincentian Family, has written the following reflection entitled “To be a Vincentian”… TO BE VINCENTIAN To be Vincentian is to follow Christ, to continue his work, to...
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...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. And this is a concern of many members of the...