by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2008 | News
After touting the improved searching capabilities on famvin we were embarassed to learn that it temporarily went AWOL. It is now functioning again. Our thanks to Marquerite Broderick, DC for drawing attention to the malfunction.
by John Freund, CM | Jun 23, 2008 | Church, News
Based on interviews with more than 35,000 American adults, this extensive survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public. This...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 17, 2008 | Congregation of the Mission, Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
The General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission has recently received an appeal from our confrere in China, Joseph Loftus, who is raising funds on line through his website in partnership with Catholic organizations at the scene. They are working diligently, but...
by sjs | Jun 9, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Systemic change
UGIVE, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization “makes philanthropy relevant, fun and interesting to the younger generation by encouraging students to find their passion through volunteering.” UGIVE focuses solely on volunteerism by youth. It seeks to...
by annaread | May 25, 2008 | Disasters and Responses, News, Systemic change
Jim Kehoe, Snohomish County, Washington USA executive director of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, also serves on the Society’s national disaster relief committee. For the county’s newspaper he described what the Society is doing to help in Myanmar....
by annaread | May 20, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Vincentian Family
“I didn’t want to calculate my time in dollars,” a Colorado Vincentian Volunteer told a newspaper columnist. The columnist talked to volunteer who is taking a “gap year” from her studies and to another who worked as a commodities and...
