by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2016 | Systemic change
Systemic change requires transformational leaders. They work with people to identify the needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executing the change in tandem with committed members of the group.[1]” Both Gandhi and...
by Vincentian Family Office | Sep 27, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
“Standing in the Right Place,” With Vincent Father Tom McKenna, CM preached this homily at the St. Vincent’s Day celebration for St Vincent’s day homily to the Vincentian Family in New Orleans. In his letter on Consecrated Life this past year, Pope Francis...
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by John Freund, CM | Sep 5, 2015 | Formation
St.John’s University professor Meghan Clark observes… “Vincent learned to ask the right questions. We can learn to evaluate the world around us by asking ourselves those same questions” She wrote the following in in the October 2014 issue...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2015 | Formation
It was not by preference that St. Vincent found himself as councilor to the powerful. Fr. Richard J. Kehoe C.M. offers perspectives on what happened in his reflection “St. Vincent de Paul – A Royal Councilor”. By preference Vincent de Paul devoted...
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by John Freund, CM | Aug 17, 2015 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections
The slave trade is not a thing of the past. It is simply once again coming out of the shadows. Today we are beginning to hear a lot about trafficking, especially about sex trafficking. Pope Francis draws attention to it in his 2015 World Day of Peace message. Human...
