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Oil Companies now fear climate change financial impacts

by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2012 | Disasters and Responses, Justice and Peace, News

Oil Companies That Caused Climate Change Now Fear Its Financial Impacts We all know oil companies make an amazing amount of money ($33.5 billion in 2012 first quarter profits by the Big Five alone) selling gasoline and other petroleum products to the world. The U.S....

SVDP and Texas wildfires

by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family

Sheila Glbert, the President of the SVDP USA writes of the damage done by the Texas wildfires and how you can help the SVDP relieft efforts. Dear Brother and Sister Vincentians, The wildfires that have roared across Texas in the past nine months have caused widespread...

Twitter news travels faster than the earthquake!

by John Freund, CM | Aug 23, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, News

Lest anyone have any doubt of the new measure for spreading news…. A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia Tuesday afternoon according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tweets began pouring in from D.C. nearly thirty seconds before we felt the quake at our...

A choice no parent should have to make!

by John Freund, CM | Aug 12, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, Poverty: Analysis and Responses

“Parents are being forced to choose which of their children receive water and meager rations of food.” A Choice No Parent Should Have to Make (courtesy of Heifer International.) Parents fleeing the devastating famine on foot — sometimes with as many as...

Australian give SVDP more to aid flood victims

by John Freund, CM | Aug 2, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family

According to the Australian CM site a further $10m has been given to the St Vincent de Paul Society to disburse in the hopes that Victims will get relief faster. Victims are still waiting to receive more than $55 million in disaster relief payments donated since...
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