RIP Russ Tershy: YCW and Peace Corps pioneer
Russell Joseph Tershy passed away on 29 June 2022, marking a century that began before the Great Depression and continued into the Internet age. Russell Tershy believed in every person’s…
Russell Joseph Tershy passed away on 29 June 2022, marking a century that began before the Great Depression and continued into the Internet age. Russell Tershy believed in every person’s…
Former Indian YCW leader, Joseph 'Little Joe' Arokyasamy, remembers Australian YCW extension worker, Bernie Docherty
Meets with French lay apostolate movement leaders
CCI India held a webinar to discuss environment, ecology and the climate crisis
This month marks the 20th anniversary of a Networking for Development conference sponsored by the French Catholic development agency, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, in Bangkok from 21-23 July 2001, which led to…
We are sad to announce that former IYCW secretary-general, René Salanne, died of Covid on 16 April at the age of 94. The son of Jean-Baptiste Salanne, a sharecropper, and…
Paul Sinnappan, a former YCS, YCW and Cardijn Community leader and mentor, who played a huge role in developing credit unions and social enterprises, particularly among plantation workers of Indian…
“Much of the negative attitude among Malaysians today can be understood through the ‘broken windows’ effect – where the sense that no one cares perpetuates further indifference and negativity. This…
Former Malaysian YCW leader, Aegile Fernandez, who was also the co-founder of the human rights NGO, Tenaganita, died on 9 March at the age of 72, Herald Malaysia reports. “Aegile…
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the president of the Holy See Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has praised a statement on responding to Covid by the International Movements of Specialised Catholic…