by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In an article “Vincent de Paul, Welfare Statist?”Acton Research Fellow Kevin E. Schmiesing writes on Acton Insititute Power Blog of his concern that Vincent is being used as a pawn in an election cycle. “In Thomas Worcester’s recent column on the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has been said that a measure of a society is how it cares for those on the margins. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina serves as a resource for both the community and public policy makers on issues affecting the poor is one way the Foundation...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This video has been around since 2009 but it still quite effective in its message....
by John Freund, CM | Sep 28, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, Patron of all Christian Charities, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn have issued a very strong joint statement on helping those who are in need. “Throughout the history...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 19, 2012 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Nun Run fundraising motorcyle ride set for Oct. 20 The Nun Run will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, leaving from the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word at Villa de Matel in Houston and ending in Galveston. This motorcycle...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 17, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The “Nuns on the Bus” are hopping off the bus temporarily to jump on the Staten Island Ferry. Sister Simone Campbell and other Sisters plan to tell New York elected officials that we do not want the federal budget balanced on the backs of struggling families....