by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2016 | Eastern Province
Click on graphic to enlarge The Vincentian Community is deeply saddened to announce the unexpected death of Rev. John Sledziona, CM, the fourth Provincial of the New England Province, and the first President of the National Conference of Visitors of the USA. John...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2016 | Eastern Province
We are deeply saddened announcing death of Rev. JOHN SLEDZIONA, C.M., the fourth Provincial of the New England Province, the first President of the National Conference of Visitors of the USA. He died suddenly at night, March 31,2016 in the age of 73, 53 years of...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2016 | Eastern Province
In his Easter message the Holy Father also spoke directly to all people everywhere, who struggle to keep faith and hope. “To those in our society who have lost all hope and joy in life, to the elderly who struggle alone and feel their strength waning,” he...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2016 | Eastern Province
“For every station I tried to make a reference to current events because, as Pope Francis says, ‘God is real and shows himself today,’” the cardinal told the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Each year the pope asks a different person to write the meditations...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2016 | Eastern Province
“By Humbling Himself, Jesus Invites Us To Walk On His Path” HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD ST PETER’S SQUARE 20 MARCH 2016 “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” (cf. Lk 19:38), the crowd of Jerusalem...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2016 | Eastern Province
March 21, 2016 Prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Gloria de Urbina, the mother of our deceased confrere, Ernesto Urbina, CM. Gloria de Urbina died in her residence in the neighborhood of San Judas, Colon, Panama on March 19. She had been ill...
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
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Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!