by John Freund, CM | Oct 9, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The “end of isolation” for the world’s poor – From 2005 to 2010, cell phone use tripled in the developing world to nearly 4 billion mobile subscriptions, according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Nowhere was the growth...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2011 | Vincentian Family
New York, Indianapolis and London… to list but a few of the Vincentian Family efforts at understanding the underlying cause and moving toward long term solutions for poverty. New York: The Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference at St. John’s...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2011 | Justice and Peace
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is urging participants of this weeks’ National Tax Forum to avoid divisive and fruitless arguments over whether we should tax consumption or income, and to focus instead on practical solutions to the challenges of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 4, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Vincent de Paul was not keen about the involvement of the Congregation of the Mission in parishes. His reluctance to accept them, while by no means an absolute refusal, is evident from the earliest days of the Company until the time of his death. In an article...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 22, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
In an article, “The Social Conscience Of Vincent De Paul”, some may see perhaps surprisingly similarities to situations today in various countries around the world. Â Fr. Greg Cooney, CM, currently Provincial of the Australian Province, provides us with...