by John Freund, CM | Jul 21, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Vincentians pray for mission Friday at the International Vincentian Youth (EIJV) began with morning prayer for a missionary spirit. “The Vincentian Youth are invited to embrace the mission of Christ Youth.Living the dynamics of dispossession to embrace the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 21, 2013 | Vincentian Family
On July 19, formerly the feast of Vincent de Paul,  approximately  1,000 Vincentian youth gathered in Belo Horizonte prior to the World Youth Day meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The event , “Vincentian Youth International Gathering” (EIJV – Encontro...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger. The story of Brazil’s fourth largest city Belo Horizonte, a city of 2.5 million people, once had 11 % of its population living in absolute poverty, and almost...
