by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
PENRITH AMP financial planner Bernard Fehon has received the 2009 AMP Foundation Community Planner of the Year award. Mr Fehon has been rewarded for his outstanding efforts in helping create the Vinnies CEO Winter Sleepout in conjunction with the St Vincent de Paul...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Following its huge success in Sydney last year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout goes National on Thursday June 17th, 2010, when hundreds of top CEOs and business leaders will sleep out across Australia. The event aims to challenge participating high profile CEO’s and opinion...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 18, 2010 | Church, Justice and Peace
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference presents a paper discusses the current position of wage setting in Australia which raises questions regarding the setting of safety net wages that take into account the needs of the low paid.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of St. Vincent’s, Indianapolis, hosted a major conference on Human Trafficking on April 12, 2010. Motivated by the local communities Common Plan for 2009/10 the Sisters undertook something they had never done before as a local house –they planned and...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
I was of two minds concerning today’s reading from the Act of the Apostles. One thought how beautiful to see a description of people living as sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. The other said how impossible in today’s world, not to mention how...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family
52% of donors who gave over $1,000 in the last 18 months used YouTube. Can the Vincentian family afford to ignore this as a tool of ministry. The YouTube population equals that of third largest country in the world. And it is not just for the under-30 group. The over...