by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
2012 Vinnies CEO Sleepout – Thursday 21 June 2012 There are more than 100,000 Australians who sleep rough each night of the year. Just under half of these are women; a quarter of these are under the age of 18. On Thursday 21 June 2012 the annual Vinnies CEO...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 13, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Half of Australians seeking help for homelessness are under 25 and almost twenty per cent are under 10, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results, also reveals...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 14, 2012 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
The Australian CM site reports that Fr. Eamon Devlin CM has been appointed as the new Provincial of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission. Eamon is from Derry and has been working in St Peters Phisborough (Dublin) for many years, as well as with the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 An “experiment” which involved using homeless people as mobile wi-fi hotspots at an over-crowded convention center has attracted criticism, forcing the advertising agency behind it to defend itself. But the critics may be missing the point. The idea may...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Every day I walk from Union Station to NETWORK, here on Capitol Hill. And every day, I pass homeless people who are sitting or walking with all their worldly possessions on their backs. “StreetSense” vendors wave newspapers in front of me and one man...