by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Local SVdP Councils Need Help at U.S. Border The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol office estimates that more than 90,000 unaccompanied children will cross into the United States in 2014. You Can Help! Send domestic twinning support directly to local SVdP Councils in the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Hear the cries of our Vincentian youth – “Walk with us as we deepen our faith.” Rosalie Rendu, DC certainly did as she responded to Frederic and his college companions. The men in this graphic were once idealistic university students filled with a...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2014 | Vincentian Marian Youth
This week in Paris the International Advisors to Vincentian Youth begin their journey of exploration into their role and respond to the call of members to “Walk with us as we deepen our faith”. Father Irving Gabriel Amaro Ramayo, CM inspired the group with his homily....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2014 | Justice and Peace
“I have a passion for the issues that face those we visit. And I know that advocacy would help. But I’m just one person. What can I do?” You hear this sometimes as we discuss starting a Voice of the Poor committee or asking for someone to act as the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2014 | Systemic change
Before the words! Long before “Systemic Change” became part of the Vincentian Family’s recent vocabulary Bro. Al, CM has been accumulating a 30 year track record that is, not surprisingly, changing. A recent article in Catholic Philly “Inn...
