by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2014 | Pope, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) headlines… Pope Francis called for governments to do their part to aid the poor by redistributing wealth in a spirit of generosity. Pope Francis made the plea on Friday during a speech to U.N. Secretary General Ban Kai Moon....
by John Freund, CM | May 8, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
“Social Justice in a Life of Charity” was the theme of the 2014 annual gathering of the Company of Charity Formation Personnel (CCFP) held April 23-26 at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, OH. Eighteen Vocation directors and formation...
by John Freund, CM | May 4, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Reaching out to the periphery – On April 28, Los Angeles-based deacon Scott Claassen received his ordination in the least likely place: A laundromat. “Most of the ordinations I’ve been to have been in large cathedrals,” Claassen told The...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
Robert Maloney CM – Homily preached April 23, 2014 at a meeting of MEGVIS, the Central European Group of Vincentian Studies Readings: Acts 3: 1-10; Luke 24:13-35 This passage from Luke’s gospel is extraordinarily rich. It contains the most important Lucan...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 26, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CALL FOR PAPERS -Prosperity, Poverty and the Purpose of Business Rediscovering Integral Human Development in the Catholic Social Tradition It has been said that the character of a people is found in the way that it treats its poor and marginalized. So what is the...