by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2007 | Formation, Vincentian Family
As a result of the 12 week program in Paris renewal in the Vincentian charism one of the participants has developed a YouTube video that expresses his view of the four vows taken by members of the Congregation of the Mission. Members of other vowed branches of the...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 23, 2007 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Vatican City, Nov 22, 2007 / 08:47 am (CNA).- “The time has come to ensure, for the sake of peace, that no man, woman and child will ever be hungry again!” the Pope told members of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), gathered in Rome for...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Top down or bottom up? Poor people are not the problem but the key to eradicating hunger. Such is the belief of The Hunger Project, a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, The Hunger Project...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Evangelization, Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family figured prominently in the awarding of over one millions dollars for systemic change projects. On November 8, 2007 Brother Constant Goetschalckx FC of the Brothers of Charity, an international community with deep roots in the Vincentian traditon...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The 12th annual Newman C. Eberhardt, C.M. Lecture at Saint John’s Seminary in California is titled “Disfigurement and Reconfiguration: The Contribution of Jean Vanier and L’Arche to a Renewed Social Order”. The series, named in honor of Newman...