by John Freund, CM | Mar 7, 2011 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are working with an overlooked minority community of Muslims in Surkhet, Nepal community has been overlooked by many. Rosita Kavilpurayidathil, SCN, and her staff have setup meetings and now administer her ministry to this community. In...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
See a three minute YouTube trailer focusing how on the celebration of the Eucharist influences our Church and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrate holidays and special occasions with the poor. Program 10 re-airs on CLTV (COX 15, Baton Rouge, LA) Sunday, March...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The drumbeat of early warnings of historically high food prices leaning to a major global crisis rooted might help put some perspective on the Lenten call for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Food price spikes are more than a blip on the Chicago Board of Trade. The...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2011 | Vincentian Family
“Let us focus especially on our relationship with the poor” writes Fr. Gregory Gay in his Lenten letter. (Lent-2011-ENG) If “metanonia” literally means “change your way of thinking”, then Lent is the perfect time for us to look at...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It is so easy. Click, click. Point. Tag. Retweet. “Click-activism”! Just a few motions with my index finger and I am changing the world.Press that “like” button. Join that Facebook group. In a fraction of a second, I am saving the environment from the...
