by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Today, the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launched a campaign to raise funds to support a sewing cooperative in Haiti to employ women who were taught to sew, embroider and create artisanal crafts by the Daughters of Charity. Minimum wage in Haiti is $5/day, but...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Gratefulness. org is inviting people to be “Guardians for Gratefulness” As I read the description of who they are the verbs stood out. I began thinking, “How would a group of Vincentians complete those sentences in the context of being Servants of...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2013 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The Very Reverend Gregory G. Gay, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, visited DePaul University in Chicago Feb. 19, as part of an official visitation of the works of the Vincentian priests and brothers in the western United States. He is...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Q&A with Haitian Scholarship Winner Joanne Joseph “The more education I have, the more I can help myself, my family, my friends, my town and my country.” The power of that statement helped propel 29-year-old Joanne Joseph to win a two-year scholarship from St....
by John Freund, CM | Dec 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
What would Vincent or Louise have done if they found children roaming the streets fending for themselves after a killer earthquake? We know the answer, and that’s what Father Fredy Eli, a Haitian Vincentian, did. Special Edition – Newsletter Vincentian Family...
