by John Freund, CM | Nov 23, 2012 | Formation
“The most evangelical and most essential pilgrimage for Christians is the one we undertake when we go out to encounter and serve those who are poor. It is in the poor that we encounter the compassionate and merciful God and therefore the poor become the goal of...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 13, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Rolling Jubileeis a Strike Debt project that buys debt for pennies on the dollar, but instead of collecting it, abolishes it. Think of it as a bailout of the 99% by the 99%. A group of campaigners linked to the Occupy Wall Street movement is buying-up distressed loans...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2009 | Vincentian Family
On November 20th 2009, in a solemn Eucharistic celebrated by the General Director of the Association and the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Company of the Daughters of Charity, Fr. Gregory G. Gay, CM, the Jubilee Year that the Association...
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Vincentian Family
“I write to you today to announce officially the beginning of our Jubilee Year, a year in which we will celebrate as Vincentian Family the anniversaries of the death and resurrection of our founders Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac. We do so...