by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2010 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
With so many policy debates mired in partisan politics, the announcement last week by the U.S. Census Bureau that it plans to develop a supplemental poverty measure and then open it to public scrutiny is something both Republicans and Democrats can agree...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
A status report on Haiti: Money flows, leadership lags Experts say this generosity, coupled with similar outpourings from other parts of the world, means the resources theoretically exist to rebuild, but they worry that funds could be squandered through a lack of...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2010 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The international site of the SVDP reports “We have received the following news from our Territorial Vice President, Renato de Lima, on the situation in Chile.” The National President of SSVP Chile, Francisco Velasco, has had no reports of any injuries or...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2010 | Congregation of the Mission, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
FamvinPolska hosts a YouTube video of the work of the Vincentian Missioners in Kazakhstan complete with local music.
by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
The Cook Islands Mission of the Daughters of Charity experienced a rare transition, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 when they changed from leadership by the Australian Province to that of the US Province of the West. Full story Cook Islands Jan 2010 – pdf
