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...
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...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2019 | Eastern Province, Ministries
It is not hard to imagine that St. Vincent would encourage this Niagara University Initiative. Add your prayers for its success and spread. Niagara University’s Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M. Institute for Civic Engagement, in partnership with Leadership Niagara, is...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2019 | Eastern Province, Features, Ministries, Vocations
Is Our Vincentian History Repeating Itself? “In 1818 Fr. Felix De Andreis, CM described the situation of Catholics in the US. There were a small number of Catholic Americans and English, but most of the population were “Protestants of a thousand different...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2019 | Eastern Province, Features, Formation, Inspiration, Ministries
“Where WIll You See Christ” – Forty days… forty first-person 2 minute stories! The series is making waves not only in blogs and social media. It is being picked up by a number of TV and radio outlets. (See local listings for times) Among...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2019 | Eastern Province, Ministries
From a post by Dan Morris-Young in today’s edition of the NCR St. Mary Parish in Opelika, Alabama, is taking a special collection as well as reaching out to victims of the powerful tornados that devastated Lee County, Alabama, a parish official told NCR. The...