by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2011 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Deborah Fries, Editorial Board Member, Terrain.org reflects on her experience of  Maris Stella Retreat and Conference Center (New Jersey Sisters of Charity)  and her encounter with ” the Jersey Girls of the Catholic Church, who act on what they believe.”...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Among the Lenten daily programs Vincentian may find thought provoking  “40 days with the least”  (pdf link no longer active) as a way of engaging with Fr. Greg Gay’s Lenten Letter. A 40 day carbon fast approaches the 40 days from the viewpoint of an...
by Beth | Jan 21, 2011 | Vincentian Family
The Desertnews writes… “Being without a home doesn’t necessarily mean living without a garden, as some of Utah’s homeless are developing their green thumbs in a space between the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall and Weigand Homeless Day...
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...
