Ordinary plastic grocery bags turned into sleeping mats for the homeless? Yes, you read that correctly. Watch this video on how to do this at home. I suspect you will never look at those plastic bags in the same way. Certainly in the category of “inventiveness unto infinity! Also another approach to recycling! This obviously [...]
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“Pacem in Terris” 50 years later (CNS)
Catholic News Service looks at how “Pacem in Terris” holds up 50 years after the Cold War-inspired papal encyclical on peace was written by Blessed John XXIII. Meghan Clark, Professor Moral Theology at St. John’s University joins Cardinal Turkson and Maryann Cusimano Love of Catholic University. Related FAMVIN Posts:President of St. John’s RetiresCanonize Archbishop Romero?Ladies [...]
Got a spare room? Depaul UK
Someone has need of it! Depaul UK launches its Spare Room Campaign in response to the dramatic rise in youth homelessness. The campaign sees Depaul UK team up with local charities across the country to call on the 7.5 million households nationwide who have a spare room to consider making it available to a young [...]
Systemic change challenges us to mission
“No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth… People do not put new wine into old wineskins…” (Mt 9:16-17) “We are Vincentians” has posted an English translation of a fine piece on systemic change as something that challenges us and sends us on mission. I. The reality that challenges us II. [...]
Seeds of Hope available
“Seeds of Hope can be purchased on line through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. It is available at on our webpage: www.svdpusa.org , click on “order materials”. It can also be ordered by email: jmorse@svdpusa.org.” For further information about how the book is being used visit this famvin search for “Seeds of Hope” See especially useful [...]
Games – violent or empowering?
With all the attention on violence in video games it is refreshing to see games that are forces for good. Half the Sky Movement: The Game is a Facebook adventure that raises awareness and funds to empower women and girls across the globe. http://facebook.com/halfthegame Players embark on a journey to complete quests and unlock real-life donations [...]
What do you know about poverty? US Bishops
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) offers a short 15 question quiz to test one’s knowledge of poverty in the USA. How did you do? Then follow up with a 4 minute video tour to see what life looks like at the poverty line in the United States. “It’s one impossible choice after another—between food [...]
Welfare cuts for political capital? (Australia)
From Australia… with possible echoes in the US MELBOURNE: John Passant, tutor in the School of Political Science and International Relations in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University, comments on the recent welfare cuts by the Australian Federal Government – . Jenny Macklin (Federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services [...]
Australians collaborate for new jobs
Perhaps in marked contrast to the lack of political collaboration in the USA a joint roundtable stemming from the collaboration between the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the Buisiness Council of Australia (BCA), and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) found there are major barriers towards getting unemployed people into jobs and discussed [...]
World Bank perspectives from 2012
The World Bank takes A Look Back at 2012: Year in Review See reports, issues, resources … Drop in extreme poverty rates World’s ocean/s in peril Women at work Curbing Corruption Safety nets that work Measuring the unbanked Think GREEN for inclusive growth Millions at risk in Sahel Rio Earth Summit Mobile phone access soars Closing [...]
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