by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Justice and Peace
“Just Care”  at the LCUSA Assembly. The crime wave that nobody is talking about – wage theft. Kim Bobo of Interfaith Workers Justice  opened the eyes of many during the second keynote presentation at the Ladies of Charity National Assembly in...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2014 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Collaboration is in the Air: A fish story from Haiti Over the last two years, the VFHI has embarked on a very interesting path of collaboration with Centre de Formation Fritz Lafontant (CFFL). It was late spring 2012 on another ordinary work day when serendipitously...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Technology: Issues and Uses
Gayle Westfahl writes Hello everyone! The second annual SVdP International Youth Videoconference is coming! In two weeks, onFriday, September 26 (Saturday, September 27 for some of you) at 8:30 p.m. in time zone UTC-6, we will be reuniting via the internet! Last...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2014 | Vincentian Family
USCCB President Highlights Achievements Of The Civil Rights Act; Calls For Unity And Respect Of Human Dignity Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 12, 2014 | Vincentian Family
“My humanity is bound up in yours.” So writes Meghan Clark in an article that addresses the stark contrast between Catholicism and libertarianism and speaks to the underpinnings of so much of the Vincentian Family’s concern for those who are...