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Catholic NGO brings education where roads can’t reach
by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2012 | Evangelization, Technology: Issues and Uses
Romereports.com “Bringing education to where the asphalt ends” is the motto of 'Faith and Joy', an educational movement that since 1955 has provided training to adults who for one reason or another weren't able to complete their education. An incredible story. It was...
SVDP – world leader in matress recycling – for the poor
by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Huffington Post writes... "When it comes to finding ways to support its impoverished clients, one nonprofit is leaving no corner unturned. The St. Vincent de Paul Society, an organization that feeds and houses the poor, is the world leader in mattress recycling, a...
Universities – What would Vincent do?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Dennis Holtschneider, writes, "I’ve been asked on various occasions what St. Vincent would think if he were to come back today and see universities run by his priests and brothers. My answer is that I think he would be quite surprised. "It’s not that Vincent was...
Vincentian Pinterest – early “pins” and “pinners”
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Visit the early "pinners" at the Vincentian Family's Community board. If you are new to Pinterest.. from a post that may have gotten lost over the July 4 holiday... "Some things are easier described with pictures rather than words! Pinterest is one of those things....
Using video to tell the story of the homeless.
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Depaul UK is using video to tell the story of homeless youth. Daryl is a film in which he takes us on a tour of where he slept on the street, where he grew up, etc. It is part of a series of about a dozen such films. Visit their Depaul UK YouTube channel so see the...
How cash keeps poor people poor
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Now here is something to think about! Time Magazine asks...Want to help the poor? Start by taking money out of their hands. More specifically, cash — coins and paper bills are the silent enemy of the poor, with costs often out of proportion with their day-to-day...
Muslims enter month of praying the rosary, fasting and alms-giving
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rome ReportsTV points out that Ramadan is a spiritual month include praying the Islamic rosary and calling out 100 different words used to refer to Allah, or God. More than just abstaining from food, Mustafa Cenap Aydin, director of the Tevere Institute in...
A Daughter of Charity guided by Ita Ford, MM
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Amanda writes of the impact of the martyr Ita Ford MM "I found that house on Westminster Place, paused, and prayed. This was no ordinary former novitiate to me, of which there are plenty in St Louis. This was not just a historical building. It meant something deep to...
Vincentian Marian Youth – 182nd anniversary of apparition
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2012 | Vincentian Family
"Receive my warm and heartfelt greeting on this special day when we celebrate the 182nd anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure and the beginning of the adventure known as the Vincentian Marian Youth Association!" writes...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth confront own history of slavery
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are confronting a grimmer part of their history... the period when slaves worked for them. As they mark their bicentennial the sisters will dedicate a monument to the order’s 19th-century slaves Friday morning next to the cemetery...