by John Freund, CM | Aug 18, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Tracy Kemme writes, “One of the greatest gifts of becoming a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, I am learning, is the fabulous company gained at no extra charge.  It is living a life uncommon, in common. When Andrea and I looked out into the congregation during...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 17, 2012 | Evangelization
Gathering youth to form the next generation is a universal issue for the Vincentian Family. Aidan Rooney and Diego Plá write from the parish of San Pedro in Mocomoco Bolivia, of a successful first gathering of rural young people. Hopefully, some of them will become...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ten myths about religious life . . . and the facts from the 2009 NRVC/CARA Study that dispel them Myth #1: No one is entering religious life anymore. Fact: More than 70 percent of all religious communities (both men’s and women’s) report having new members in...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Is is true that the more traditional and conservative orders of women religious, those who make up the membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), are thriving, while the orders who make up the membership of the LCWR, are seeing their... by John Freund, CM | Aug 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Amanda offers A Cheat-Sheet for Discerners of Religious Life “I don’t know about you but I loved that time in junior/senior year of high school when colleges began to “recruit”. Why? Because that meant lots of mail from different colleges,...