by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While the exploitation of illegal workers is often linked to the sex industry, recent reports from the Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Criminology have suggested it is on the rise in other industries. Brianna Lee said these include reports of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The YouTube Channel of the Daughters of Charity USA has posted their 26th video  – “A history of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the United States up to...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2012 | Vincentian Family
José Vicente Nacher Tatay, CM, writes… “Our Vincentian charism will only be a credible prophecy if we truly live it. The key to prophecy is fidelity (remembering). Anything else would be a scandal, a lie, a history about someone who gave and then took back...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The theme for 2012: Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace. Visit the UN website for information abut what is being done around the world this day. “Rampant poverty, which has festered for far too long, is linked to...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
On the surface, John Kotter’s Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple story of a colony of penguins facing a dilemma. But contained within the story and the characters is a powerful message about the fear of change and how to motivate people to face the future and...