by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While in no way comparable to the hunger experienced in many other parts of the world, The New York Times today writes “With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Seven Daughters of Charity in Tianjin have been hospitalized with dehydration after a five-day fast aimed at getting the government to return a Church property. About 20 members of the Sisters of Charity took part in the “fasting prayer” at Charity...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
To understand some statistics one needs to be an economist. There are other statistics that are quite revealing. Vincent could tell the state of affairs by how many people showed up at the doors of St. Lazare. “Vincent’s Pulse”...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“Health is our priority. We do not worry about the money. We serve the poor and God will complete it,” says Sister Fransiska Hermin, DC, who works at the clinic. And yet the Star of the Sea clinic could become a model for health care renewal in Indonesia....
by John Freund, CM | Nov 17, 2009 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Calling hunger “the most cruel and concrete sign of poverty,” Pope Benedict XVI today told a special summit of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that “opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Seventy-three delegates from 15 countries representing 12 branches of the family gathered in Bangkok this week to focus on systemic change and how the the Vincentian Family can promote long-term solutions. Members from the different branches gather for the Vincentian...
