by John Freund, CM | May 20, 2013 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
You can almost feel the energy in this group as they meet in Paris for a week of exploration and training in what is involved in Vincentian collaborative projects. We expect to post a video of an interview with Fr. Gregory, Superior General. For more background visit...
by John Freund, CM | May 18, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
Vinformation presents a video reflection “The Spiritual Fire Within” based on a presentation by Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M . It is based on text taken from SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND THE POOR General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission July 2, 2010 Link to original...
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
Systemic Change in the Maryam Village Ethiopia where “the dead lived with the dead”. (Second in a new series of Vincentian Family Systemic Change Efforts) Fifty eight families, all victims of Hansen’s disease (leprosy), who begged for years in order to...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2013 | Sisters of Charity, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
60 Minutes, profiled the work of billionaires with the Sisters of Charity New York in what we now call systemic change. The Robin Hood Foundation has provided significant support for NY Sisters of Charity POTS program. Part of the Solution (POTS) is a program widely...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2013 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change
How are ordinary people changing the systems that have trapped them? The members of the International Commission to Promote Systemic Change offer a new series of stories illustrating lived insights from around the world. Simple ideas that work. In the first of these...