by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The NCR writes “Giuseppe Toniolo is now the first economist ever beatified by the Catholic church.” Little known is that he was an active member and advisor of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He is another one of the figures who was influenced by the...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Did you know Murphy was an optimist? At least that is what Callaghan’s Corollary to Murphy’s Law states. We all know that computer equipment can fail but it always happens some one else. (Raise your hand if you thought it could never happen to you!)...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Join our online gathering, “Matthew 25 in a era of mobile devices,” beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012. For more information visit http://mobile.vinfamily.org/, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. For six weeks a group of trail-blazers have...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
An article in US Catholic raises the question of competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching as reflected in approaches to the national budget. Another article on Faith and Public Life raises the question of priorities in terms of energy expended on various issue...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Now here’s a question! With all the attention paid to the recent winners of the mega-lottery one piece caught my eye. “If you won what would you do?’ It prompted this question for visitors to famvin. If Vincent were given $1,000 to by a wealthy...
