by John Freund, CM | Nov 17, 2014 | Social, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The program launched on Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 is significant for several reasons. First, the offering of a leadership program within the Vincentian tradition and in partnership with a member of the Vincentian family based on the other side of the world, and secondly, the program was being launched in the year that the Society is marking 160 years of leadership and service in Australia.
by Gary Stevens | Nov 16, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change
Food for Thought leads Children and Families to Healthier Lifestyle
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph County is housed in an impoverished area in downtown South Bend, Indiana. The neighborhood is plagued with high crime rates, and has little to offer the children who call the area home.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Many followers of Vincent, Louise, Elizabeth and Frederic have learned that Pope Francis has commissionsed showers for the homeless under St. Peter’s colonnades. On Monday 17th of November work will begin to renovate the public restrooms for pilgrims: there will be a space for homeless people to wash. Ten parishes in Rome will do the same. The story is simple but there are implications.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 16, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Brother Mark Elder CM makes an art of spirituality He is the creator of some of the most striking murals in the United States and elsewhere, uses art in his quest to help the poor and disenfranchised.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 15, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
An unsigned essay from at Vincent on Leadership – the Hay Project at DePaul University explores the theme “Vincent de Paul and Mohandas Gandhi: Five Commitments That Sustain Leadership” Though they lived centuries apart, Vincent de Paul and Mohandas...