by John Freund, CM | Feb 1, 2009 | Evangelization, News
India is planning to produce a laptop computer for the knockdown price of about $20, having pioneered last year the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, for Rs100,000 ($2,050) a vehicle. Financial Times by John Freund, CM | Jan 25, 2009 | Collaboration, Evangelization, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family
Today marks the first ever university-based unit of the the Ladies of Charity USA (LCUSA) affiliation of some 35 administrators, faculty and staff of SJU as members of the LCUSA. See the Vincentian Encyclopedia for more background on the Ladies of Charity and the... by sjs | Jun 9, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Systemic change
UGIVE, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization “makes philanthropy relevant, fun and interesting to the younger generation by encouraging students to find their passion through volunteering.” UGIVE focuses solely on volunteerism by youth. It seeks to... by annaread | May 20, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Vincentian Family
“I didn’t want to calculate my time in dollars,” a Colorado Vincentian Volunteer told a newspaper columnist. The columnist talked to volunteer who is taking a “gap year” from her studies and to another who worked as a commodities and... by annaread | May 19, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The manager of a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin USA says the number of people looking for used clothing and furniture at the store has increased. “You look at the economy and you say, ‘Where are we going?’...