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Ladies of Charity USA – Medicaid Expansion

The Ladies of Charity have partnered with NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, the Saint Vincent de Paul Society and various coalitions throughout the country to persuade governors to accept federal funding that will ensure Medicaid eligibility for the working Poor of our nation.

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Homeless Veterans

Homeless Advocate Mark Horvath says “I Dare You to Watch This Short Video on Veteran Homelessness” On any given night, nearly 633,782 people in the United States experience homelessness — over 60,000 of them veterans. This must-see video from @home is the very best video I have seen on the topic of veteran homelessness. This is an [...]

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Bishops say immigration reform now

USCCB President Says ‘Now Is The Time’ To Reform Immigration System Cardinal Dolan: Suffering of migrants must end Path to citizenship should be improved and families protected Enforcement should guarantee basic human rights WASHINGTON—Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said in a press conference April 22 [...]

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An option that is not an option

http://catholicmoraltheology.com/an-option-thats-not-optional-the-preferential-option-for-the-poor/ An Option that’s not Optional: The Preferential Option for the Poor BY: MEGHAN CLARK Over the last month, as talk has returned to budgets and sequesters, deficits and debt, I found myself extremely frustrated every time I began to blog on economic justice – haven’t I already written extensively on the Ryan budget? (and the conversation hasn’t changed). It [...]

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Srs. of Charity Nazareth – Justice Concerns

The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth share their Weekly Justice Highlights Good News: The Arms Trade Treaty was adopted by 154 nations at the United Nations on April 2.  This treaty will help monitor and control the flow of arms and ammunition across borders. Send a thank you to the U.S. delegation for their work. Promoting Peace: Urge President Obama to stop the [...]

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Insight – SCN Advocacy

Nazareth Mahila Samithi found this video on Youtube, “A Documentary on the Charitable NGO of SCN Sisters, Delhi” For more information contact Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Office of Global Ministries Joetta Venneman, PBVM PO Box 172 Nazareth, KY 40048 Phone: 502.348.1557 Fax: 502.348.1502 jvenneman@scnazarethky.org Website: www.scnfamily.org Federation Website: http://www.sisters-of-charity-federation.org/ngo.html Related FAMVIN Posts:SCNs intern at [...]

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SVDP-USA on Immigration Policies

Sheila GIlbert, St. Vincent de Paul Society National President, released the following statement…. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce a few weeks ago about some important issues. Among other things, he said that  education is the “civil rights issue of our time.” That may contain some hyperbole, but I’m sure that most of [...]

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Justice Concerns – Sisters of Charity Nazareth

Good News: February 28 saw the Violence Against Women Act (Senate version) passed by the House of Representatives. Please thank representatives who voted for the bill, or express your opinion to those who did not. You can find an alert and message for editing, tailored to the way your representative voted here. Promoting Peace: Urge President Obama and [...]

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Join the Cardinals in prayer

The Vatican News service reports that this afternoon in St. Peter’s Basilica, on the occasion of the General Congregations proceeding the Conclave, the College of Cardinals will pray for the Church. The celebration, which will be held at 5:00pm at the Altar of the Cathedra, will begin with the recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of [...]

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SVDP Georgia on “Sequester”

Uncharted waters! ATLANTA – (March 1, 2013) – Today, the United States is moving into unchartered territories because of the sequester. The sequester will hit all government spending across the board with exceptions for some programs and military personnel, but the full impact is not known and may not be felt by Americans for some [...]

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