by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2011 | Vincentian Family
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia will continue its push for a major overhaul of the support payment system during Anti-Poverty Week 2011. Chief Executive Officer, Dr John Falzon, says if the Government really wants to address poverty it can...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
The Australia CM site posts the following …”A burglar was nabbed recently at the CM parish of Dunstable, Bedfordshire UK in a scene that could have come straight out of TV’s Father Ted — as three Catholic priests (CMs) sat on him in their pyjamas....
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2011 | Vincentian Family
From the Curia in Rome….”Someone has been telephoning around, saying he is Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil from India. He is stranded in the Philippines and needs to get to a funeral in Ireland. He is using Father Greg’s name, saying he knows him. (The...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus visited DePaul University in Chicago recently & met with members of the Zafèn team visiting from Haiti and Philadelphia. Professor Yunus promoted social businesses, which address social issues, cover their costs, but instead...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
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: Sr. Catherine, Provincial was pleased to nominate a Sister from the Irish Provence to attend the 64th Annual United...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 13, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
A Vincentian priest and 52 Chinese nuns are running for the BRICKS Great Wall Appeal, Building a Great Wall of Charity in China, Brick By Brick. The lend new meaning to the possibilities collaboration on the missions. Fr. Joseph Loftus, CM, a self-designated reformed...