by John Freund, CM | Jan 10, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Daughters of Charity share their personal reflections on the Eucharist.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Vincentian Family
If you could write a letter to your 16 year old self, what would you say and what advice would you give? South Africa’s beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu picked up his pen and took a trip down memory lane. See Street Service News. It got me thinking… what would...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Two Sisters of Charity of Nazareth India have been invited to attend the UN General Assembly next month. One of them, Sr Anjana Kunnath, has found a successful herbal cure for malaria in Artemisia, a family of plants and herbs that includes tarragon and wormwood. “I...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Father Jack Kane, CM, Director of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Mobile and Pastor, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Opelika, Alabama has been championing immigration reform in Alabama. And he is attracting attention to their plight. “It is a dark day for...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 8, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
It didn’t take long for the Daughters of Charity after they landed in Santa Barbara January 5 1858 to open an English-speaking school and orphanage. Just one week later! And on January 5, 2012 their long tradition rebirthed itself with a website...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
British Economist, Guy Standing, coined the term, precariat, to describe the reality of low wage workers in our modern, global economy; a reality in which risk continues to be shifted away from capital and on to the backs of working people at the low end of the labour...