by John Freund, CM | Feb 5, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
NEW YORK (CNS) — St. Vincent’s Hospital, the last surviving Catholic general hospital in New York is enmeshed in a struggle to keep its doors open and fulfill its mandate to serve the sick poor. Sister Jane Iannucelli, a Sister of Charity who is vice...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2010 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“It is now more dangerous to give birth in California than it is in Kuwait or Bosnia, a recently released report shows. And the problem may be nationwide. Read original story in California Watch
by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Some 79,466 Pro-Life Americans Marching Online! Now you have the opportunity to march online, alongside your fellow pro-lifers – even if you can’t be in Washington. AUL Action is proud to host the first Virtual March for Life. It will only take seconds,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, Evangelization, Featured, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Scott Fina offers a contrasting view to David Brooks recent New York Times editorial about the role of poverty in Haiti’s suffering from its earthquake, recently circulated over FamVin. Below he writes “My point? Haiti (like Katrina) is indeed much more a story...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
One way we can help Haitians build a better tomorrow is to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $890 million international debt. Doing so will help make sure that every possible future dollar goes towards rebuilding a stronger Haiti, not to servicing old debts....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Collaboration, Daughters of Charity, Formation, Justice and Peace, Missions inter gentes, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
I am S. Kathleen Natwin and I am one of the Councilors of the Albany Province of the Daughters of Charity. We have a Province in Haiti (see famvin story) … we have been asking our Sisters to direct donations to the Province in Haiti. An easier way of doing this...
