by John Freund, CM | Nov 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family
t Vincent de Paul Society volunteer David Bresnik has been named the 2011 ACT Young Australian of the Year. In 2006 he was elected president of the ACT Vinnies Youth Conference coordinating and being the voice for the society’s youth programs Australia-wide, and...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 23, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Talk about making effective use of the media. A quick search of Google for the words Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal revealed 9 of the first 10 were from the Society’s appeals in Australia. The other one was from the Salvation Army in the UK. The second result...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 21, 2010 | Vincentian Family
” we open our official accounts of (International SVDP) on Twitter, they are in the first instance, in English and Spanish. This program allows users to send and read micro-text entries with a maximum length of 140 characters known as “tweets “....
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2010 | Vincentian Family
In a wide-ranging interview with Michael Thio, the first non-European President of of Society, shares his views about how the Society has grown and matured as well as what it means that he is the first Asian to lead it. MICHAEL THIO: “After 177 years since it’s...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Lou Arceneaux, Spiritual Advisor for the SVDP New Orleans, suggests that the recent systemic change workshop reflected the following insight of Bl. Frederic… “Charity is not sufficient. It treats the wounds but does not stop the blows that cause...
