by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Two major new sources are now available in English. An insightful biography long available on the Spanish cmglobal.org site has been translated into English. The latest issue of the Vincentian Heritage Journal has four fine articles devoted to Ozanam. Click Read...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Are you one in a billion? On this World Food Day 2010 Oct. 16 there have never been so many hungry people in the world – 1 BILLION. The theme of this year’s observance is United against hunger. Uniting against hunger becomes real when state and civil society...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. And this is a concern of many members of the...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2010 | Systemic change
In an unprecedented action, Catholic Charities USA has drafted federal legislation that would take a new systemic change approach to ending poverty in America. Introduced as a modest national pilot program, it proposes to establish new model experiments in 10...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The Jubilee Year of 350th Anniversary of death of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac came to an end this weekend.  Three days of celebrations prepared by Vincentian Family took place in Rome from Friday, September 24 to Sunday, September 26.The following...
