by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2007 | News
At the dawn of the 21st century: •Of the world’s 100 largest economies, 29 were corporations, not nations. •The combined sales of the top 200 global corporations were the equivalent of 28 percent of world gross domestic product. •Roughly a third of all... by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2007 | Disasters and Responses, Justice and Peace, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Taking as the theme the issues of Vincentians in Solidarity for Systemic Chanage the Fourth Gathering of the Vincentian Family in North America will meet in New Orleans April 10-13. There is a one page flier in word Format which the organizers invite you to freely... by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2007 | News
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 6, 2007 (Zenit.org).- According to the preacher of the Pontifical Household, the women present at Calvary accompanying Jesus were more than pious individuals, they were “mothers of courage.” Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa... by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2007 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family
Father Frank Vargas, the Superior of the International Mission in the Solomon Islands, wrote to Father Greg yesterday. This is what he said: You may have seen on TV that Solomon Islands was hit by a tsunami. Thank God, all the confreres in the Guadalcanal Island are... by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2007 | Evangelization, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family
When typhoon REMING (international code name DURIAN) came upon the people at the foothills of the beautiful and majestic Mayon Volcano in the middle eastern part of the Philippines last November 29, 2006, life literally stopped and “darkness came upon the earth.â€... by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2007 | News
When we pray, we “connect†with God; we become aware of God’s presence within us. One spiritual writer comments that we can think of our own heart as God’s “family room within usâ€. What a beautiful image of a place where we can just relax with God!...