by John Freund, CM | Nov 24, 2011 | Systemic change
Benedict XVI says that addressing the needs of others is not just to “give bread to the hungry” but also to address the root causes of hunger. Among which the pope pointed to the current economic crisis. He made these comments as he met with Italian volunteers from...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Could you live on $4.50 per day for food, as food stamp recipients are. Rep. Jackie Speier tried. You can better understand, too, the struggle of the poor, even the working poor, like the woman who wrote to Speier during the week she ate on a food stamp-limited diet...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2011 | Justice and Peace
Susan Stabile, occasional famvin poster, offers the following reflection on World Food Day. “Today is World Food Day. It is also Blog Action Day, an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
If you have, can you imagine what it is like to be hungry everyday? The problem is vast but here are some simple things we can do in celebrations of World Food Day on October 16. Prayer,Fasting and gestures of Solidarity. ——— We propose: A PRAYER A...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Dr. Michael Thio, international President of the SVDP writes…”There has been widespread media coverage on the famine in the Horn of Africa affecting mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and a few others. Many countries have indicated that they wish to...
