by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
These words, See it, Film it, Change it!, represent another approach to systemic change. The website WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. “We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In light of the upcoming United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development the Sisters of Charity Federation, Office of the NGO Representative Sr. Caroljean Wille, SC requests letters be written to President Obama....
by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
A project to remove graffiti was initiated when Ashfield Council (Sidney) received letters from students at St Vincent’s Parish Primary School asking if they would improve a pedestrian underpass and remove all of the ‘bad words’. The students also said...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“…while most world leaders these days fret over the middle class, the financial sector, ailing auto companies, and so on — all, of course, utterly legitimate concerns for elected officials — the pope has been striking a different, and badly...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Sr. Mary Jo Toll, SND shares another perspective on Seeds of Hope. Sr. Mary Jo is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Toledo Province. She currently is NGO Representative of the worldwide Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame at the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Many who work among the poor speak use a phrase that captures a key purpose of their work: systemic change. This potent idea has captured the attention and imagination of leaders of the Vincentian Family. Why? One way to look at that question is to think about the...