by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2012 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – A group of Asian Bishops – together with some priests, religious and lay people – will live for four days a true “immersion” in poverty, staying from January 18 to 21 among the poorest and the marginalized in the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2012 | Vincentian Family
In a beautifully written and produced 6 minute video, St. Vincent de Paul, A Person of the 17th Century, a Person for the 21st Century, Rev. Edward Udovic, C.M. Sr. Executive for University Mission at DePaul University, reads his short essay on the life of Vincent...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“I wanted to send you an update on a couple of things we have been using over here that may be beneficial to all the smaller Vincentian ministries throughout the US (and world)” writes Patrick McKenzie of dePaul Catholic School in Philadelphia. He shares...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
British Economist, Guy Standing, coined the term, precariat, to describe the reality of low wage workers in our modern, global economy; a reality in which risk continues to be shifted away from capital and on to the backs of working people at the low end of the labour...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“Stargazer – Elizabeth Seton’s Journey of Faith” is an example of a free service of VinFormation. Sr. Mary McCormicK, SC sent us the text of a prayer service she prepared for the celebration of the feast of Elizabeth Seton, January 4. Do you...
