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Surviving on Food stamps – Creating a conversation
by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Going behind the headlines... Yesterday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker finished his widely publicized “SNAP Challenge,” during which he subsisted solely on meals he could prepare on an average week’s worth of SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits – which works out to about...
Where was God in Newton, Connecticut
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Frequent famvin collaborator Susan Stabile asked in her personal blog "Where Was God Yesterday? Yesterday’s violence in Connecticut was horrific. Was anyone not in tears as the news poured in that so many young children had been shot? It was almost too difficult to...
US celebrates patron saint of the Americas
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Whispers in the Loggia present a collection of short videos on how Americans celebrated the feast of their national patron, Our Lady of Guadalupe Los Angles Chicago Austin Indiana South Carolina New York Brooklyn OUR LADY of GUADALUPE--PATRONESS of the USA? Cardinal...
Standby… or Engage?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Making your life count. This video from the St. Vincent dePaul Society puts the question out there. Your heart beats 100,000 times each day. Put your hand on your heart. Feel it beating. That's your life clock. Someday its going to stop. A lot of things are going to...
What can we do?
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Dec 14, 2012 | Reflections
The preaching of the Baptist shook the conscience of many. That desert prophet was saying in a loud voice what they were feeling in their hearts: it was necessary to change, to return to God, to prepare oneself to welcome the Messiah. Some approached him with this...
Billiards, humility, courage and martydom
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Playing Billiards and Cleaning Floors: The Story of Sister Martina Vázquez Gordo. This is how Amanda Kern begins telling the fascinating story of another Daughter of Charity who even though she could be likened to Mother Teresa ended up a martyr and now has been...
Vacant lots – signs of ruin or hope
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Phoenix has an innovative approach to vacant lots that changes them from signs of what has been to symbols of what can be. Hussein Al Hamka is going to farm his famous cucumbers on a 15-acre vacant lot in the heart of Phoenix, where nearly half of all lots sit empty...
Prayer in time of tragedy
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
A time of joyful hope was shattered by violence with the school shooting on December 14, 2012, in Connecticut. The Prince of Peace was once a child whose peers were slain by Herod’s senseless rage. Today, let us pray… Immanuel, God with us, As a babe, you were spared...
SVDP Australia – Rapid Rehousing
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
St Vincent de Paul Society will provide a new service to rapidly rehouse the homeless who frequently use temporary accommodation services in western Sydney. The NSW government will release $1 million to St Vincent de Paul Society over the next year with an aim to...
TextWeek goes mobile
by John Freund, CM | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Text This Week is a site that’s been around for a while, providing comprehensive resources for lectionary preachers and Church leaders. Clicking on a passage will instantly give you access to commentaries (both ancient and contemporary), prayers, music...