by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2014 | Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
HAGUPIT Typhoon Hagupit is now a super-typhoon and most predict that it will make land-fall over the very same areas hard-hit by Yolanda. The CNN resident meteorologist has just characterized it as the strongest of super-typhoon this year. The following is a list of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2014 | Systemic change
Our final day of the Systemic Change workshop day began with Fr. Gregorio Bañaga Jr., CM telling us the story of the St. Vincent de Paul National Awards and how it was started by Adamson University in 2010 to celebrate the 350th death anniversary of St. Vincent de...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2014 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The immersion experience was still very fresh in our minds and hearts as we continued with our 5th day of the Systemic Change Workshop. We had been the ones who received much from the experience. In the community, we witnessed hope, courage, determination and love....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2014 | Systemic change
Today was Immersion Day for participants in the Systemic Change workshop in the Philippines– a special time of encounter with the community members of the Southville Relocation Site in Cabuyao, Laguna, a place which has become very much a vital part of Adamson...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2014 | Systemic change
The 3rd day for the Systemic Change Philippines Workshop was a very full day yet the enthusiasm and eagerness to learn from each other did not wane down at all. Jim Claffey and Fr. Joe Foley, CM began the morning with brief inputs on “Systems Thinking in a Nutshell”...