by John Freund, CM | Feb 11, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Covenant House shows how to use YouTube to put a face on faceless homeless teens. An example of how video sharing sites can be used in making known the needs of groups of people in need. by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Sr. Katherine Feely, SND has prepared a very helpful study guide (pdf) for the film that is garnering all kinds of awards. The guide slumdogmillionaire (pdf) covers the films main themes, relation to Catholic Social teaching discussion questions and isngihts into... by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2009 | Church, Missions inter gentes, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Vincentian Jospeph Loftus CM reports on the good and the bad news of China. China is the world’s top Internet user. China supplants Germany as the world’s 3rd largest economy. But… Painful New Year for China’s Migrant Workers. by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Encyclopedia has posted in 5 languages the official prayer of the Vincentian Family in the context of its first campaign against hunger. by John Freund, CM | Jan 14, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
In a moving report Haaretz reports that on a hilltop in the Ein Karem section of Jerusalem, there is a hidden kingdom of grace, kindness and mercy. Saint Vincent’s, run by the Daughters of Charity, is home to 59 children and youths with severe mental... by John Freund, CM | Jan 10, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
An Oxford physicist has invented “self-adjusting” eyeglasses to distribute to people in poor countries who cannot afford to see an optometrist and buy their own. Wearers use syringes to pump silicone oil into the lenses upon their first use until they...
