by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2010 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
A Pentecost novena of interest to many branches of the Vincentian Family and especially the Charities Federation who have become actively involved in the appalling problem of trafficking. “The gift of our internationality sharpens our consciousness of universal needs...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of St. Vincent’s, Indianapolis, hosted a major conference on Human Trafficking on April 12, 2010. Motivated by the local communities Common Plan for 2009/10 the Sisters undertook something they had never done before as a local house –they planned and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 26, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
In a YouTube video Sister Elizabeth, DC shares about how she got connected to the efforts to end human trafficking in Macon, Georgia. This short, simple but powerful video speaks openly about human slavery in the US and is an example of a movement beyond direct aid to...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Speaking at Central Council of Hong Kong on Sept. 28.,  Jose Ramon Diaz-Torremocha observed that though “there is always poverty among us,” loneliness has emerged as a new form of social poverty. He also said “many poor people” in mainland...
by sjs | Jul 11, 2008 | Evangelization, Justice and Peace
Women religious in Thailand are making headway preventing young girls from falling into trafficking by training them “to stand shoulder to shoulder with men or their future husbands to build their own families.” In the view of women religious working in...
