by John Freund, CM | Sep 3, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
There is a growing belief among social service providers that it is far more cost effective and more humane to prevent homelessness rather than just provide emergency shelter and food. Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recognizes it is...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2009 | Justice and Peace
For his home near near Regensburg, Germany, over 580 square feet of photovoltaic solar panels were installed on the rooftop. The only condition for the project was that no church funds be used — so naturally, everything was donated. When tweaked and running, the...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 2, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A community cannot call itself Christian if it does not welcome immigrants is the message from Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos in a message titled “Migration and the Faith,” published on the occasion of the National Day of the Immigrant, to be...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Due to debt forgiveness and the work of CRS, many forest communities in Cameroon have been able to see a real improvement in the quality of life in their communities. That’s why Catholics Confront Global Poverty is calling upon 1 million Catholics to urge the United...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Sisters Nelly Rios Ruiz, Jacqueline Flores Manzola, Susana Moysen Marquez, Lidia Medellin Tapia, (Mexico) ,and Patricia Connolly (USA) will represent the Daughter of Charity NGO at the 62nd United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental ...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 26, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“How important it is then, that the international community and individual governments send the right signals to their citizens and succeed in countering harmful ways of treating the environment! The economic and social costs of using up shared resources must be...
