by John Freund, CM | Mar 9, 2008 | Formation, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
“During the recently concluded meeting of the Vincentian Family International Heads from 31 January to 01 February 2008, a plan was approved to hold formation sessions, in the next years (2008-2010)”CONTINENTAL FORMATION SESSIONS FOR VINCENTIAN FAMILY...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 9, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change
“One of the major decisions we made at this meeting was the launching of a formation program, one in each continent, for Vincentian Family advisors or directors, and leaders, especially lay leaders. This program is meant to assist them in their role,...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 2, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The Mirror Art Group (MAG) helps hill tribes – relocated from the mountaintops to the foothills of northern Thailand – fight poverty, unemployment, lack of education, malnutrition, drug abuse, trafficking of women and children, loss of land rights, withholding of...
by sjs | Feb 24, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail hightlights the efforts of International Development Enterprises to address poverty by developing low-cost tools that help subsistence farmers become small-scale commercial farmers and assisting...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the last in a series of ten articles about systemic change and Vincentian family by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) Experience teaches that “quick fix” solutions, while temporarily helpful,...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the ninth in a series of ten Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) Basic Ecclesial Communities in Occidental Mindoro Life for the poor of San Jose in...