by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
If you aren’t moving forward, you are dying. Not too much different from what Vincent de Paul said, “The community is not now what it once was, nor is it what it will be” Words that he would probably address to all the followers of Vincent and Louise...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Dave Barringer, CEO of the Vincent dePaul Society USA, articulates something that many in the Vincentian Family can relate to: Doing good behind the scenes. And then seeing people finally catch on to an issue…even if they don’t recognize all the spade work...
by .famvin | Mar 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
What happened to the issue of poverty? Like a set of misplaced keys, I know it was there a minute ago but now I can’t find it. Within the past year, poverty was the issue of the day on the national stage. Stemming from the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2016 | Formation, Reflections
Are there any of us not pulled in different directions? In his weekly letter to the members of the Vincent de Paul Society David Barringer speaks to members of the Society. But once again he touches on a theme that resonates within and across the various branches of...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
“If we consider [four events in January] not only as separate events but linked together, we see opportunities to influence, if not outright create, a better future for people in poverty and for the Society itself.” In his weekly column for the Society of...