by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2007 | Justice and Peace
Readings Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 Quotes “The washing of the feet and the sacrament of the Eucharist: two expressions of one and the same mystery of love entrusted to the disciples, so that, Jesus says, ‘as I have...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Justice for Immigrants website is produced by a coalition of more that a dozen Catholic groups working on this issue. Why does the church care about immigration policies? The Catholic Church has historically held a strong interest in immigration and how public...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
ROME (AFP) – Despite projections of a bumper grain crop this year, 33 countries will not have enough food, with Iraq and Zimbabwe among the hardest hit, the UN food agency said Tuesday. Countries with “widespread lack of access to food” include...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2007 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Father Frank Vargas, the Superior of the International Mission in the Solomon Islands, wrote to Father Greg yesterday. This is what he said: You may have seen on TV that Solomon Islands was hit by a tsunami. Thank God, all the confreres in the Guadalcanal Island are...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2007 | Evangelization, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family
When typhoon REMING (international code name DURIAN) came upon the people at the foothills of the beautiful and majestic Mayon Volcano in the middle eastern part of the Philippines last November 29, 2006, life literally stopped and “darkness came upon the earth.â€...