by Beth | Jan 15, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The key to alleviating world hunger, poverty and combating climate change may lie in fresh, small-scale approaches to agriculture, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute. “If we shift just some of our attention away from production to consumption...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The annual cycle in Ann Arbor (or any place near a college) is completely predictable. In the fall, a horde of new students and faculty descend upon town to make their home here, and in the spring a horde of them head out of town to head to their next location in...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 26, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 21, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have been one of the most vocal and active champions of being good stewards of the Earth as the Pope has often called us to in recent times. Nazareth is the largest purchaser of green electric energy of all Salt River Electric...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 7, 2010 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
If “metanonia” literally means “change your way of thinking”, then Lent is the perfect time for us to look at systemic change in our own lives and especially as followers of Vincent, Louise, Frederic, Elizabeth, etc. John Paul ll challenged...
