by John Freund, CM | Oct 23, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The elderly are not a problem, a market, a budget: They are real individuals, our own people, our ancestors, in due course — ourselves.” Australian Catholic News services headlines…Australian bishop warns: Don’t cut medical costs by...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2012 | Technology: Issues and Uses
The New Media Project presents an article Facebook and the elderly in the church in which Robert Saler, guest blogger writes… “My two years spent serving a wonderful, small congregation in Gary, IN, were instructive in a number of ways. The entire...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
In their “Focus On” feature for June the Daughters of Charity describe their counter-cultural efforts on behalf of the elderly. Currently in Italy, elderly people try to avoid nursing homes because they prefer to stay at home with the help of support...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 1, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Frédérique writes in “A story of seeing”… I am a Daughter of Charity who is a care aide in a nursing home with aged persons who are handicapped. (According to French law a handicapped person who is 60 years old loses the status of handicapped...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity have long walked the path of Bl. Rosalie Rendu in inspiring young people such as Frederic Ozanam. Sister Terezinha continues that tradition today in Brazil. The international site of the Daughters of Charity shares the reflection of a young...
