by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
First things first, technology (whether it be equipment, software, internet technologies, etc.) are tools to accomplishing things. Just like Priests began using cars to get around within their communities and telephones to better keep in contact with their parish...
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2011 | Church
May 3, 2011. (Romereports.com) The Vatican met with a group of Catholic bloggers of all ages, that come very every corner of the world. The Pontifical council in charge of communications accepted requests to attend and chose 150 bloggers based on their nationality,...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 25, 2010 | Church
Record Numbers of Full-time Volunteers Serve in Faith-based Programs according to Catholic Volunteer Network. CVN is the professional association serving full-time, faith-based volunteer programs, including Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Claretian Volunteers, and 180 other...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic-owned U.S. health systems “had significantly better quality performance” than investor-owned, for-profit systems, says a national study by Thomson Reuters as reported in the National Catholic Reporter. The study found that other church-based systems ranked...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 8, 2010 | Church, Disasters and Responses, News
According to the NCR “Catholic groups have made up the thrust of the first responders. In response to the growing catastrophe, Catholic Charities of New Orleans opened five emergency centers in May at local churches to distribute financial aid and offer...