by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
A project to remove graffiti was initiated when Ashfield Council (Sidney) received letters from students at St Vincent’s Parish Primary School asking if they would improve a pedestrian underpass and remove all of the ‘bad words’. The students also said...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2009 | Church, Justice and Peace
“…while most world leaders these days fret over the middle class, the financial sector, ailing auto companies, and so on — all, of course, utterly legitimate concerns for elected officials — the pope has been striking a different, and badly...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Sr. Mary Jo Toll, SND shares another perspective on Seeds of Hope. Sr. Mary Jo is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Toledo Province. She currently is NGO Representative of the worldwide Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame at the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
184 Social Justice Organizations From 29 Countries sent a letter to President Obama… “request that you work to rapidly re-regulate the food and energy commodities futures markets to remove excessive speculation that has so clearly increased price...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Blogs are a powerful advocacy tool. The internationally successful “Blog Action Day” was October 15 2008. The topic was poverty. We’re going to work towards an international “Vincentian Blog Action Day” on the relationship of educational...
