by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Father Jack Kane, CM, Director of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Mobile and Pastor, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Opelika, Alabama has been championing immigration reform in Alabama. And he is attracting attention to their plight. “It is a dark day for...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Church
According to Rome Reports and Gallup … All ranked among the most admired top ten people in the USA. According to a survey conducted by Gallup and USA Today, Benedict XVI is among the most admired men in America. He’s also the only non-American on the list....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 8, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
It didn’t take long for the Daughters of Charity after they landed in Santa Barbara January 5 1858 to open an English-speaking school and orphanage. Just one week later! And on January 5, 2012 their long tradition rebirthed itself with a website...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
British Economist, Guy Standing, coined the term, precariat, to describe the reality of low wage workers in our modern, global economy; a reality in which risk continues to be shifted away from capital and on to the backs of working people at the low end of the labour...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Church
In the past week there have been two significant appraisals of possible next steps in leadership in the Church. One is from the London tablet and the other from the National Catholic Reporter. John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter writes…”Naming new...
