by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2011 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
My Name is Child of God… Not “Those People” is regularly being picked up in America as a required reading text for Sociology classes. “As a child Julia Dinsmore lived in poverty and as an adult she has found herself living below the poverty line. Her riveting stories,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2011 | Justice and Peace
A diverse coalition of Christian leaders, including Catholic bishops, the National Association of Evangelicals, Bread for the World, Salvation Army, Christian Churches Together in the USA, National Council of Churches and other Evangelical and mainline Protestants,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2011 | Vincentian Family
In anticipation of the beatification of Pope John Paul II in May, let us meditate on his words to the Daughters of Charity and all those who live the Vincentian Charism. So the international site of the Daughters of Charity Prayer Corner this months features...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2011 | Vincentian Family
From the SVDP USA – Budget Cuts Imperil Those Living in Poverty – In the coming weeks, Congress will debate deep spending cuts in the federal government’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget. As members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, we have an...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2011 | Vincentian Family
One of the consequences of the recession that you don’t hear a lot about is the record number of children descending into poverty. Those children would be the largest American generation to be raised in hard times since the Great Depression. It’s hard to...
