by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The Legacy of Frederic Ozanam Being Lived Out Around the World Today An address given by Michael Thio, President of the Council General International, Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the National Assembly of the United States National Council in Madison Wisconsin on...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
Text of Fr. Robert Maloney’s Keynote address – Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 SSVP National Assembly – Madison, Wisconsin Systemic Change and our Vincentian Call to Holiness Today On the 23rd day of April two hundred years ago, Frederic Ozanam was born. He...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2013 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Liz Quirin of the Belleville Messenger present the work of the Vincent dePaul Society. People in need all across the diocese make a call that begins a process within conferences of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul that operate through diocesan parishes. Brief...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Australian Vinnies tell government: “It’s time for new thinking on poverty” The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council marked Anti-Poverty Week today by launchingTwo Australias: a report on poverty in the land of plenty. The report outlines practical...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Welfare bashing won’t work, Australian St Vincent de Paul Society National Council CEO tells Tony Abbott, current Prime Minister of Australia. John Falzon says work for the dole had limited success and ‘blaming the poor for their poverty’ has no place in...