by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
THE St Vincent de Paul Society (Australia) is concerned at the suggestion of a $10 a tonne carbon levy as a way of tackling the important issue of climate change. While much of the debate has focused on the impact a levy would have on business and the economy, our...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2007 | Vincentian Family
EMMITSBURG, MD, March 14, 2007: The Daughters of Charity Emmitsburg Province announces plans for celebrating the Bicentennial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s arrival in Emmitsburg in July 1809; and unveils the logo, The Seton Legacy of Charity, which will...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has become a trend for such charities as Goodwill to open stores that are more like traditional big-box retailers than the old, dingy thrift stores of the past. Now the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix has taken the trend a step further: It has opened a...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2007 | Congregation of the Mission
The international site of the Congregation of the Mission has just posted the report of the March Meeting of the General Curia with news of events and other plans. March 2007 Meeting link no longer active
by John Freund, CM | Mar 25, 2007 | Justice and Peace
The Christian Science Monitor of March 22 runs a story aout a 15 year old legal immigrant to the United States spent 5 years in plain view as a slave to a 60 year old man. A companion piece reports that anywhere from 50,000 to 200,00 people are now enslaved and...
