by John Freund, CM | Jul 24, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Catholic News (Australia) July 24 featured website JusticeworkX “This is a Vincentian-backed US-based youth ministry program for high school students which aims to help young people link faith with service and social justice. Its site says that the program,...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 24, 2007 | Vincentian Family
I have just learned of the website of the Daughters of Charity in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia… The Daughters of Charity came to Thailand on August 27, 1969. On February 1, 2001, Thailand Region was constituted as a Province to comprise the three countries: ...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 24, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity bring Welsh master-quilters to Ethiopia to show women a way out of trafficking and poverty. “There is a long tradition of weaving and embroidery in Ethiopia. The country is just recovering from cycles of drought and war which have left the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2007 | Formation, Vincentian Family
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–At the beginning of the summer, St. Vincent’s Health System launched a new branding campaign entitled, “Care You Can Believe In†across Central Alabama. As healthcare professionals, every day they demonstrate how...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Australia is facing a rental affordability crisis that is driving more and more families into homelessness, says the St Vincent de Paul Society. A report by the society says that over the past five years there has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of families...
by annaread | Jul 21, 2007 | Vincentian Family
“Nan and Leo Penny of New Waterford are Roman Catholics whose gratitude to the women religious of their church is so great that they were bursting with some way to share it. A way to give back presented itself in a trend that is sweeping North American Catholic...
