by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
It has taken seven years and more than $7 million dollars but the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Families Back on Track (FBOT) project on the Gold Coast has welcomed its first families. The project in Australia comprises 27 independent furnished units that will... by John Freund, CM | May 1, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Time Magazine has named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People 2010. The widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy writes “Her leadership of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has been defined by advocacy for the poor and an... by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
According to the Huffington Post “Zafen, a new interest-free microloan initiative enabling lenders and donors to finance small and medium-sized Haitian businesses, may be just the ticket. That’s what four organizations that collaborated to launch... by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The annual cycle in Ann Arbor (or any place near a college) is completely predictable. In the fall, a horde of new students and faculty descend upon town to make their home here, and in the spring a horde of them head out of town to head to their next location in... by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2010 | Collaboration, Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
More than 130 Haitian professionals and friends of Haiti gathered at St. John’s University April 24 for the New York City launch of www.zafen.org, the first secure Internet pathway designed to enable Haitians to transform their economy. See full press release.... by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 26, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read...
