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New Superior General tells his life story

by John Freund, CM | Aug 22, 2016 | Eastern Province

Shortly after Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. was elected 25th Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission during on July 5, 2016, the Congregation of the Mission Office of Communication asked him four questions. This second question was about himself, his life and...

First reactions of the newly elected Superior General

by John Freund, CM | Aug 21, 2016 | Eastern Province

Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, C.M. was elected 25th Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission during on July 5, 2016. Shortly after the election the Congregation of the Mission Office of Communication asked him some questions. The first question was about his feelings...

Fr. Steve India CM, 94, gives meaning to a child’s tragic death

by John Freund, CM | Aug 18, 2016 | Eastern Province

Mike Newall, Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist, movingly chronicles a tragic death, abandonment and faith-filled ending summed up by 94 year old Fr. Steve India. I wrote about Ethan’s short, sad life last month. About how the sweet, intellectually disabled...

SJU well represented in the Olympics

by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2016 | Eastern Province

St. John’s was well represented in the Olympics! Team USA fencer Daryl Homer ’13CPS took home the silver medal for men’s individual saber at the 31st Summer Olympiad in Rio De Janeiro, making him the first Red Storm alumnus to claim a medal since the 2008...

Lesson Plans – 200th Anniversary of Vincentian Mission in U.S.

by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2016 | Eastern Province

A new series of Lesson Plans for grade school children is available as an accompaniment to the documentary video, “Journey of Faith: The History of the Vincentians in the United States”. There are six files in all, for three different lesson plans. Each grade level...

6 men received into Internal Seminary

by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2016 | Eastern Province

We are blessed to have six men enter the Internal Seminary of the Congregation of the Mission on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. The reception took place in the context of Eucharist celebrated at 4:00 p.m. in Saint Vincent’s Seminary Chapel in Philadelphia, PA...