by John Freund, CM | Dec 1, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
In his recent Advent letter Fr. Gregory Gay aked us to focus on the theme “There was no room in the inn.” It would seem natural for the followers of Vincent and Louise to use a well done series of advent daily reflections (pdf) focused the rights of...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The October_newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO representatives at the UN is now available. In 1996 the Federation made the decision to apply for Non-Governmental Organization affiliation with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations....
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2008 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Evoking Dicken’s “Christmas Carol” the Australian SVDP website features a link to a TV spot “Help Change Their Story” as part of their fund-raising drive in this year of greater economic needs of those most affected by the world’s...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 19, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
“For every dollar we spend, we could have an impact of $10 or more if we speak as a Voice of the Poor,†National President Joseph Flannigan declared to fellow Vincentians during the recent Catholic Social Ministry Gathering on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. ...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Millenium Partnership joined with more than 10,000 people in the largest ever rally to “”End Child Poverty”” in the UK where 3.9 million children live in poverty. The Daughters of Charity were quite prominent amng the...
