by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
Systemic Change in the Maryam Village Ethiopia where “the dead lived with the dead”.  (Second in a new series of Vincentian Family Systemic Change Efforts) Fifty eight families, all victims of Hansen’s disease (leprosy), who begged for years in order to...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
60 Minutes, profiled the work of billionaires with the Sisters of Charity New York in what we now call systemic change. The Robin Hood Foundation has provided significant support for NY Sisters of Charity POTS program. Part of the Solution (POTS) is a program widely...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
How are ordinary  people changing the systems that have trapped them? The members of the International Commission to Promote Systemic Change offer a new series of stories illustrating lived insights from around the world. Simple ideas that work. In the first of these...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2013 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Lifting the veil on the group that has been planning the nearly decade long series of Vincentian Family meetings held around the country and even in cyberspace.  See them in action as they plan for the 2013 VinFam Gathering: October 25 (3 PM) – Oct. 27 (noon) Regional...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 10, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
In September 2013, Roger Playwin, CEO of the St. Louis-based National Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, will step down after 10 years in the position. Playwin spoke with NCR about his tenure and the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. NCR: Given the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
At St. Joseph Services, a ministry of the Daughters of Charity, they’re dedicated to changing lives through education and developing communities by building from within. We provide our students – both adults and children – with role models who come...
