by John Freund, CM | Aug 27, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity
Churches and charities have fallen into the bad habit of creating programs to help the poor when in reality the only people they are helping are themselves, creating a toxic charity that needs to be reexamined and fixed. In a groundbreaking book, “Toxic Charity:...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 27, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Young adults…Â It’s a difficult demographic to minister to — it encapsulates so many life stages and spiritual stages. But all (or at least most) are on the Internet. And some young adult ministers looking for an effective tool to minister are trying...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 27, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia’s peak community welfare body, ACOSS, has put its strong support behind the National Anti-Racism Strategy launched in Melbourne today by the Australian Human Rights Commission, alongside key ministers and many other major organisational backers of the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2012 | Vincentian Family
2012 Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run Date Saturday, September 29, 2012 The event has grown each year, attracting over 18,000 walkers, raising over $1.4M with over 1,000 Conferences and Councils participating. Friends of the Poor Walk is a National Program coordinated by...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Sources for Understanding Vincent de Paul John E. Rybolt, DePaul University This paper presents and explains the main sources for understanding Vincent de Paul: his writings, biographies, contemporary witnesses, studies and iconography. For this purpose,  the material...