by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
It has taken seven years and more than $7 million dollars but the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Families Back on Track (FBOT) project on the Gold Coast has welcomed its first families. The project in Australia comprises 27 independent furnished units that will...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 19, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Following its huge success in Sydney last year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout goes National on Thursday June 17th, 2010, when hundreds of top CEOs and business leaders will sleep out across Australia. The event aims to challenge participating high profile CEO’s and opinion...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 17, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) USA announces that its 2010 National Annual Friends of the Poor Walk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The 2009 Friends of the Poor Walk raised over $1,235,000 in 158 Walk locations nationwide.
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Zenit reports that on Holy Saturday morning, April 3, 2010, Mr. Pietro Molla, husband of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, died in his family home in Mesero, near Milan in Italy, surrounded by his daughter Gianna Emanuela and his other children, Pierluigi and Laura. Mr....
by John Freund, CM | Mar 29, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Tony Tome has been appointed as the new State President of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Victoria. Tony has been involved with the Society since 2000 when he joined the Donvale Conference.
