by John Freund, CM | Jun 1, 2011 | Vincentian Family
The Ethiopia Connection “I met the man of my dreams while doing the things I love. Now we get to do them together” So writes Christine Jones in her Servants Song blog from Ethiopia. The blog is a reflection on service, the charism of St. Vincent de Paul,...
by John Freund, CM | May 29, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, Uncategorized, Vincentian Family
A TV News video clip explains that the St Vincent de Paul Society will be given $10 million from the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal to distribute to Queensland’s disaster victims. The Society could determine how much was given, and for what purpose. The...
by John Freund, CM | May 23, 2011 | Technology: Issues and Uses
First things first, technology (whether it be equipment, software, internet technologies, etc.) are tools to accomplishing things. Â Just like Priests began using cars to get around within their communities and telephones to better keep in contact with their parish...
by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The bottled water system! For an lively view of how the system works watch this YouTube video seen by over 1.5 Million people. So you think you are a savvy consumer… who pays thousands of times what a product is worth? “When you understand the system you...
by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2011 | Vincentian Family
For a fascinating example of the development of a project attempting to implement systemic change principles in a a deteriorated  area of Philadelphia it is worth the time to view either the Germantown-Powerpoint or Germantown-PDF (easier download) version of how far...
