by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2011 | Justice and Peace
The USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued its traditional statement for Labor Day . It is one of the most forceful statements from the USCCB in a long time. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California,  the head of the committee notes...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2011 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The Society of St. Vincent dePaul website shares the material distributed at the Vocation Fair during th e recent celebration of World Youth Day. (Click to enlarge) As a historical note it may be worth remembering that initially Vincent did not want to use the letters...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2011 | Vincentian Family
According to the Sisters of Charity Federation website the New York Sisters of Charity are collaborating with parishioners of the Diocese of Spokane in their their long-standing support of the Mayan Indians in the Highlands of Guatemala. For further details see the...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Most of the world’s newspapers are running features on how to survive in a bad economy. But I have seen no articles on “How to survive on less than $2 a day”. Yet over 2.7 billion people in the world live on $2 or less a day. How do they do it? How...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Harvest the fruits of the Jubilee Year! This is the invitation from leaders of the Vincentian Family as we look forward to the Annual Vincentian Family Day of Prayer September 27. Famvin presents this initial resource for planning and personal reflection for this...
