by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Father Bernard Koch, C.M., recently published in Cahiers Saint Vincent, Bulletin des Lazaristes de France (nº 199), an article entitled “The Political Action of Saint Vincent.†“(Vincent de Paul) realized that in order to reform the Church and the clergy, as...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 30, 2007 | Vincentian Family
After dissolving a development deal with United Gulf Developments in February, the Sisters of Charity in Bedford have teamed up with businessman Joe Shannon’s company Shannex, and building is finally back on track.The priority of the project has always been...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Wall Street Journal had a brief 2 minute video which points to a shortcoming of the adage that says that if you teach people to fish you feed them for a life time. For a llimited time the video can be viewed here The text can still be read here
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Noted writer Antoinette Bosco compares Ozanam and Dorthy Day… I often link Day with another incredible layperson, Frederick Ozanam of 19th-century Paris. So moved was he by the poverty and disorder in his city in the early stages of industrialization that he...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Congratulations to Sr. Breege Keenan D.C. who was presented with the Special Judges Award for her pioneering work with asylum seekers and refugees in the Vincentian Refugee Centre. Last week the Africa Centre hosted their 5th World Refugee Day Awards in Ireland. The...
