by John Freund, CM | May 10, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace
In this weeks featured video on famvin (right hand column) the question is asked “What if you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work? A Brazilian pastor, Claudio Oliver, offers up a...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2009 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change” – the personal and structural. This week...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Sr. Katherine Feely, SND has prepared a very helpful study guide (pdf) for the film that is garnering all kinds of awards. The guide slumdogmillionaire (pdf) covers the films main themes, relation to Catholic Social teaching discussion questions and isngihts into...