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Vincentian Family Death Notice

by John Freund, CM | Apr 3, 2019 | Eastern Province, Prayer request

Please pray for the soul of Mr. Yohanes Ariesyanto, father of Fr. Antonius Kurniawan, C.M., who died yesterday in Surabaya-Indonesia at 71 years of age. Fr. Kurniawan is assigned by the Indonesian Province to work at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in South Philadelphia. ...

A Celebration of Many Cultures

by Vincentians of the Eastern Province | Apr 2, 2019 | Eastern Province

April is Celebrate Diversity & Multicultural Month. As a faith-filled community, we see the face of Christ in everyone we serve regardless of nationality, belief, or background. As Vincentians, we serve in various multicultural parishes up and down the east coast....

Drawing Deeper to Christ this Lent

by Vincentians of the Eastern Province | Apr 2, 2019 | Eastern Province, Lent 2019, Seeing Christ in Others

Drawing Deeper to Christ this Lent by Vincentians of the Eastern Province | Apr 2, 2019 Have you missed a Lenten reflection story? Don’t miss your chance to draw deeper to Christ this Lent. Day 24: Reach Out by Lena Farrell | Apr 2, 2019 As Vincentians, we seek...

Worldwide Vincentian Family Stands with the People of Venezuela

by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2019 | Eastern Province, Ministries, Vincentian Family

To all the members of the Vincentian Family (VF) in the world, and especially to our brothers and sisters in Venezuela, we express our concern and our solidarity in the face of the dramatic situation Venezuelans are experiencing in their country. We are aware of the...

Is History Repeating Itself: Part Two

by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2019 | Eastern Province, Ministries

Two centuries ago the first Vincentians in the US had no idea of what they getting into. Is our history repeating itself? Even after a lifetime of trying to live the mission of bringing good news to the poor I was struck by the following paragraph in a recent engaging...

The Inner Compass

by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2019 | Eastern Province, Formation

In his bi-weekly column for FamVin, Fr. Tom McKenna of the Eastern Province of Vincentians uses the metaphor of our inner compass to provoke thought about the guidance systems for men and women wishing to share in the mission of bringing good news to those on the...