by John Freund, CM | Jul 22, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation, Vincentian Family
35 leaders from 5 continents and 21 provinces and 2 members of the General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission completed a 3 week workshop designed jointly by the CIF team in Paris and DePaul University’s Vincentian Hay Leadership Project. Hugh...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 20, 2008 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Weekly Vincentian reflections based on the Sunday readings are posted at the USA site of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul
by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2008 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
That is the question addressed in Crain’s Business piece. Today, a movement of social entrepreneurs is tackling issues like homelessness, disease, pollution and hunger with business enterprises. TIRED OF GRANT WRITING Today, a movement of social entrepreneurs is...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2008 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Law firms are working to find a solution to a major problem for microlenders: currency risk. Twin crises – soaring food prices and a global credit contraction threaten to wreck the budget (and historically low default rate) of millions of small microloan...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2008 | Formation
The LA Times has a feature that tracks all the major charities and reports how much of each dollar goes to the actual charity. In some case organizations lose more than 90 percent of funds raised to professional cash finders.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2008 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The International site of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul features reflections from a number of key leaders on the theme “Commitment of a Vincentian Life”. Perhaps you wold care to share your reflections on the sme theme. If so click on the comment...