by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of the one for whom there was no room in the inn “The Seldom Seen Acting Company”, composed of entirely of homeless persons, gives voice to those for whom there is no room in the inn today. The troupe was featured...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While in no way comparable to the hunger experienced in many other parts of the world, The New York Times today writes “With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Seven Daughters of Charity in Tianjin have been hospitalized with dehydration after a five-day fast aimed at getting the government to return a Church property. About 20 members of the Sisters of Charity took part in the “fasting prayer” at Charity...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
To understand some statistics one needs to be an economist. There are other statistics that are quite revealing. Vincent could tell the state of affairs by how many people showed up at the doors of St. Lazare. “Vincent’s Pulse”...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“Health is our priority. We do not worry about the money. We serve the poor and God will complete it,” says Sister Fransiska Hermin, DC, who works at the clinic. And yet the Star of the Sea clinic could become a model for health care renewal in Indonesia....
by John Freund, CM | Nov 17, 2009 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Calling hunger “the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty,” Pope Benedict XVI today told a special summit of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that “opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater...
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