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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 8, 2016 | Eastern Province, Uncategorized
FamVin draws attention to a recycling project involving two Vincentians connected to St. Vincent’s Parish. Timothy Lyons, C.M., and Laura Ford, are involved in a process of restoring lives through recycling electronics. PAR-Recycle Works, a nonprofit...
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!
I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!