by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Zafèn announced that after only one month online it has now provided one thousand year-long scholarships to grammar school children in Haiti (along with books, a back pack, and writing materials)! The website offered a variety of options for users to choose: single...
by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
It has taken seven years and more than $7 million dollars but the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Families Back on Track (FBOT) project on the Gold Coast has welcomed its first families. The project in Australia comprises 27 independent furnished units that will...
by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2010 | Collaboration, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The entry page is centered on the new website “Zafen”, sponsored by the Vincentian Family for microfinance projects in Haiti. As you look at this website be creative. For example, it could be a great project for a group of school children who pool a...
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2010 | Formation, Vincentian Family
Let us know what you think about the first of what might be a series of virtual bus tours through the land of famvin.org. Feel free to add your comments at various stops along the newly opened VinFormation route. (CyberMonk will be your tour guide.)
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Fr. Ed Udovic, CM of dePaul University offers another one in his series “St. Vincent’s Reading List”. This one focuses on Henri de Cauchon du Maupas du Tour (1606-1680) who wrote the first biographies (1644 and 1657 respectively) of both of these...
