by John Freund, CM | Feb 15, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Since so many in the Vincentian Family are working to address the immediate effects and the long term solcutions to homelessness this new even should be of interest. Would you like to draw attention to the problems homeless and poor are suffering in your area and give...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 13, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Navigating the Affordable Care Act The St. John’s Bread and Life program writes… “Thanks to Single Stop USA, a nonprofit working with community partners to provide screenings for and access to a wide range of government resources, Bread and Life is...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Vincentian Family Fish Farm in Central Plateau Breaks Ground Nine acres of carefully selected land in Haiti’s Central Plateau will become the new home for 25,000 baby tilapia, or “fingerlings,” in early 2014 as the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launches a...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity
Part of the Solution, or POTS, was opened in a storefront on Fordham Road in 1982 by Fr. Ned Murphy, SJ, Tim Boon, and Sister Jane Iannucelli, SC, (current President of the Sisters of Charity) to help feed those living in poverty in the Bronx. This video tells the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic social ministers told: “Serve, accompany, and defend the poor.” A message quite in line with the Pope’s Lenten message and one which echoes in the hearts of the followers of Vincent and Louise. To “serve, accompany, and defend” the poor is...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The following story got me thinking…. (see concluding thought after the story) The Pope’s almoner has celebrated Mass in Rome in memory of the poor and homeless who have lost their lives due to inadequate living conditions and abandonment. Archbishop...
