by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Nazarath Sister Rena Fernandes, who works for the rehabilitation of children who live with their mothers in a jail in Gaya in Bihar, recently created a milestone. The Charity of Nazarath nun enrolled three children from the Central jail in Gaya to Nazareth Vidya...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2010 | Church, Justice and Peace
The Vatican delegate at the UN affirmed that “the Holy See strongly advocates for transparent, verifiable, global and irreversible nuclear disarmament and for addressing seriously the issues of nuclear strategic arms, the tactical ones and their means of...
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Zafèn announced that after only one month online it has now provided one thousand year-long scholarships to grammar school children in Haiti (along with books, a back pack, and writing materials)! The website offered a variety of options for users to choose: single...
by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Time Magazine has named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People 2010. The widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy writes “Her leadership of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has been defined by advocacy for the poor and an...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The May 2010 Joint Newsletter of the Daughters of Charity Advocacy and Social Justice Committee USA is now available. It features piece on Immigration Reform, a Primer on Systemic Change, Promoting Systemic Change  through Neighborhood Health Centers,  in Education in...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
According to the Huffington Post “Zafen, a new interest-free microloan initiative enabling lenders and donors to finance small and medium-sized Haitian businesses, may be just the ticket. That’s what four organizations that collaborated to launch...