by John Freund, CM | Feb 14, 2014 | Church, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Fr Thomas Reese SJ offers an assessment of the UN committee report on the Rights of the Child in his blog. Fr Reese writes: The UN committee report on the Vatican’s role in sexual abuse was a missed opportunity. It could have played an important role in...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
SCNs at United Nations Sisters of Charity Lilly Thomas and Beverly Hoffman are currently interns with Caroljean Wille, SC, the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO representative at the United Nations in New York. They have participated in the Civil Society Forum on Feb....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 26, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: From the international Site of the Daughters of Charity…At the conclusion of my studies in Chicago, Superiors...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2012 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: [UN-NGO]“Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world” is the theme chosen by the Food and Agriculture...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The theme for 2012: Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace. Visit the UN website for information abut what is being done around the world this day. “Rampant poverty, which has festered for far too long, is linked to...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The United Nations, faced with a dearth of donors, pitched a tax on the 1,200 billionaires worldwide billionaires to help raise money for development projects in the world’s poorest nations, according to Bloomberg News Placing a 1 percent levy on “individual wealth...