by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Pope Francis issued a video message to support the global campaign against world hunger, launched by Caritas Internationalis. The Pope asked Catholics not to “look the other way” from the “global scandal” of hunger, but rather “share in Christian...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Daughters of Charity
From the Daughters of Charity Health System… “The National Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America exhibit completed its two year run last January when it made its last stop at The California Museum in Sacramento. The national part of the exhibit...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2013 | Collaboration, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
Creative collaboration in the Vincentian Family has a new face in the Vincentian Family. On December 9th, Professor Joan Ball’s Marketing class at the Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University, NY made a presentation on “Re-energizing the Ladies of Charity...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Pope
Pope – Saint or Marxist . As Dom Helder Camara, another prophetic archbishop from Latin America, famously observed, “When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” Some things never change....
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Christmas Gifts If I want a gift to be a message of joy and really well received, it is important to know the recipient. The perfect gift is something that we know that the recipient desires but for many reasons, including financial, such an item is something...