by John Freund, CM | Apr 25, 2011 | Vincentian Family
How about empowerment? Just loan a small amount at 0% interest to a prequalified Haitian business. Successful loans are repaid within a year, so you can lend again to another small business. Or, make a donation that will fund tuition for Haitian schoolchildren, clean...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 11, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Sister Auréa Cormier writes from Canada of the impact of her participation in the Systemic Change Workshop in Belleville last November. The presentations made by many of the committed participants at the Belleville conference touched me deeply. Upon my return, I wrote...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
“Need a hand” cards as opportunities for mini “systemic change”! “The idea is that, instead of giving someone cash, you can help them get to the assistance they may really need to change their lives” writes Blase Bova of the SVDP in...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 8, 2011 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
The international JMV or Vincentian Marian Youth offers it members these two catechetical reflections in preparation for participation in World Youth Day in Madrid 2011. VINCENTIAN YOUTH AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE 1. An alternative to change the unjust structures that...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
More than 200 members of the DePaul community and friends turned out April 1 to raise over $15,000 for Haiti and celebrate Zafèn’s first anniversary. Zafèn is the onlinemicrofinance program the International Vincentian Family partnered to launch on the 350th...
