by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Many groups in the Vincentian Family have become involved in anti-trafficking programs and are gratified to see the increasing attention being paid to the issue. Modern day slavery is prevalent throughout the world even though it goes by different names, a human...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 21, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Personal Advice from a Champion of Protecting Trafficked Persons – Sister Mary Jo Swift, DC Guest Blogger, Sr. Brenda Fritz, DC shares about a Daughter of Charity dear to her who passed away last month. Having lived with Sr. Mary Jo for 2 years I was blessed to...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 5, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Releasing the 2013 state ratings on human trafficking laws in the United States, Polaris Project today championed the progress made by a majority of states in passing legislation to combat sex and labor trafficking and support survivors. In 2013, 39 states passed...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 29, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace
A group of Daughters of Charity from the Elizabeth Ann Seton Provinces gathered at St. John’s University for a weeklong conference on global human trafficking held August 4 to 11, 2013. Daughters from England, Ireland, Australia, Kenya, and the United States...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 25, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Pope asks pontifical academies to help fight human trafficking Cindy Wooden of Catholic News Service  writes… At the request of Pope Francis, scholars and researchers belonging to two pontifical academies and representatives of the World Federation of Catholic...
