by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, Evangelization, Featured, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Scott Fina offers a contrasting view to David Brooks recent New York Times editorial about the role of poverty in Haiti’s suffering from its earthquake, recently circulated over FamVin. Below he writes “My point? Haiti (like Katrina) is indeed much more a story...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2010 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
What young people can do. The students of the High School for Recording Arts were moved by the tragedy in Haiti and wanted to help. They decided to apply their skills to raise awareness and to show their support for the people of Haiti. The result was this Song for...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2010 | Disasters and Responses, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
It has come to light that the entire family of Yasmine Cajuste, President of the JMV, is in Haiti. May our prayers go out to her as well as the families of so many other members of the Vincentian family.
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The news that come from Haiti sometimes immerses us in a sea of doubts. If yesterday we had given up a sister for dead, according to a testimony coming from that same Haiti via Santo Domingo, today, we have to say, fortunately, that the death of said Daughter of...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
One way we can help Haitians build a better tomorrow is to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $890 million international debt. Doing so will help make sure that every possible future dollar goes towards rebuilding a stronger Haiti, not to servicing old debts....
