by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“I ask you: let us occupy ourselves with people who have too many needs and not enough rights, who call out rightly for a greater involvement in public affairs, for guarantees of work — and who cry out against misery.” Frederick Ozanam wrote to his...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
James Martin offers a tongue in cheek version of this newly discovered not so social gospel. The Lazy Paralytic The Very Poorly Prepared Crowd The Rich and Therefore Blessed Young Man The Lazy Paralytic 1. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it was... by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The August issue of Stop Trafficking co-sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth focuses on the issue of Labor Trafficking in the U.S.A. (Available here) See some of the other issues in their Weekly Justice Highlights for August 15, 2012 World Humanitarian... by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2012 | Justice and Peace
In a thoughtful article In This Together Most Rev. Richard E. Pates, bishop of Des Moines and chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reflects on a question facing Catholics today. “Today the... by John Freund, CM | Jun 27, 2012 | Vincentian Family
DePaul’s new social justice archive shows how ‘action liberates’ The archive hosts growing collection of papers and artifacts of Catholic activists. A new exhibit includes materials having to do with the book Dead Man Walking and the making of the...