by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Especially after the great recession forced so many into the ranks of the poor through no fault of their own Barbara Ehrenreich elaborates…The Great Recession should have put the victim-blaming theory of poverty to rest. In the space of only a few months,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) Board of Directors announced today its decision to solicit proposals from Catholic, public, non-profit and for-profit organizations to purchase DCHS hospitals individually or the health system in its entirety. This...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2014 | Systemic change
Thanks to a new systemic change project ex-offenders have a second chance in their lives as they receive training in running a business built around giving things a “second chance.” The Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur, member of the Charity...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 14, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink examines the rates of financial insecurity among American women and the children who depend on them, investigate the impact of it on our nation’s institutions and economic future, and promote modern solutions to help women...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 14, 2014 | Pope
“It is now a long-established tradition that at the beginning of each new year the Pope meets the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See to offer his greetings and good wishes, and to share some reflections close to his heart as a pastor concerned for the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 13, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Learning the Vincentian Mission through a business school class at Niagara University. During the fall 2013 semester, students enrolled in Dr. Anna McNab’s Operations and Information Management classes not only learned about the importance of information systems for...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 13, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Before you answer pose this question to yourself. “What if you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work?” A Brazilian pastor, Claudio Oliver, offers up a definition of poverty that most likely...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 12, 2014 | Justice and Peace
Among its many tasks, the Catholic university must work to form its students as political workers for the common good through the promotion of research, social outreach and teaching, said Cardinal Peter Turkson. The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 12, 2014 | Pope
Do you know the date of your baptism? This was a question he asked as he began a new series of catecheses on the Sacraments in St. Peter’s Square, focusing today on the Sacrament of Baptism according to Zenit… “Baptism is the sacrament in which our faith is...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 12, 2014 | Vincentian Family
The website of the Trinity Missionary Family offers a history which recounts their founding by Vincentian of the Eastern Province in the chapel of St. John’s Parish, Brooklyn NY. “Our Founder, Fr. Thomas A. Judge, C.M. was a Vincentian priest whose...
