by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2014 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Vincentian Family Fish Farm in Central Plateau Breaks Ground Nine acres of carefully selected land in Haiti’s Central Plateau will become the new home for 25,000 baby tilapia, or “fingerlings,” in early 2014 as the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launches a...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2014 | Vincentian Family
From February 2-5 the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering took place in Washington DC, it’s theme was: “Becoming a Church that is Poor and for the Poor.” Four of our SJU students Gina, Cara, Laura and Anna along with many other members of the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity
Part of the Solution, or POTS, was opened in a storefront on Fordham Road in 1982 by Fr. Ned Murphy, SJ, Tim Boon, and Sister Jane Iannucelli, SC, (current President of the Sisters of Charity) to help feed those living in poverty in the Bronx. This video tells the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The following story got me thinking…. (see concluding thought after the story) The Pope’s almoner has celebrated Mass in Rome in memory of the poor and homeless who have lost their lives due to inadequate living conditions and abandonment. Archbishop...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, News
Fr. Patrick Griffin to step down as Director-General of the Daughters of Charity Fr. G. Gregory Gay, C.M. Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, announced that, due to health concerns, Fr. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M....