by John Freund, CM | Sep 20, 2010 | Justice and Peace
On International Day of Peace take the opportunity to make peace in your own relationships as well as impact the larger conflicts of our time. Imagine what a whole Day of Ceasefire would mean to humankind. The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) provides an...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2010 | Justice and Peace
The United States Catholic Conference 2010 Labor Day Statement “A New “Social Contract” for Today’s “New Things” echos the title of Leo the XIII’s “Rerum Novarum” (Of New Things”). It calls for Americans “to...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 25, 2010 | Justice and Peace
Pro Bono Australia has begun a campaign to make social policy part of the Federal Election and to urge our political leaders to listen to the Not for Profit sector in the lead up to election day. There are few opportunities for the Not for Profit sector to send clear...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace
An Irish Times story reflects extensive outrage at government cutbacks in services for the intellectually disabled in Ireland provided by the Daughters of Charity. For more detail of how the St Vincent’s Parent Partnership Forum is raising consciousness visit ...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace
“Dallas Morning News readers were probably startled at the June 24, 1954, front-page story that appeared under the headline “Negro MD’s to Practice in St. Paul’s.” The story explained that the more than 300 white doctors at St. Paul’s, a...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 28, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Vinnies SVDP National Council Chief Executive, Dr John Falzon. writes in Eureka Street (Australia) that preventing homelessness is a justice issue that requires political will. “The founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society, 19th century French activist...