by John Freund, CM | Feb 21, 2009 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change†– the personal and structural. This week we...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 19, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
145 represenatives of the Vincentian Family from 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries participate in the 5th Latin American Meeting of Vincentian Family, taking place from February 16 by 20, 2009 at the headquarters of the Mexican Bishops Conference in the State...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity were skilled nurses long before Florence Nightingale. In Say Little, Do Much, Sioban Nelson, says the popular view that nursing invented itself in the second half of the nineteenth century is historically inaccurate and dismissive of the...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2009 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change” – the personal and structural. This week...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 16, 2009 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
February 18 is the feast of Francis Regis Clet (1748-1820), a saint who only wanted a watch… and some money to follow it. As he was fleeing persecution at age 70 he wrote… “I want none of this world’s goods, apart from a decent watch; only one...
