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The U.S. bishops’ leader on domestic justice repeated his calls for Congress to resist proposed budget reductions that would cut funding to programs that help the most vulnerable members of society. “A just framework for future budgets cannot rely on disproportionate cuts in essential services to poor persons,” said Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, [...]

And it does not mean sending peanut butter sandwiches.  A visitor writes…”I bought a jar of peanut butter & saw it had a sticker on the lid, to go to childhungerEndsHere.com and enter an 8-digit code printed on the sticker. This donated one meal to a local food bank and then led to videos and [...]

An article in US Catholic  raises the question of competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching as reflected in approaches to the national budget. Another article on Faith and Public Life  raises the question of priorities in terms of energy expended on various issue related to budgets and church teachings. See also an earlier post from [...]

 An “experiment” which involved using homeless people as mobile wi-fi hotspots at an over-crowded convention center has attracted criticism, forcing the advertising agency behind it to defend itself. But the critics may be missing the point. The idea may be a catalyst for some fresh thinking about opportunities to connect with and support homeless people. [...]

Homeless Action Week in Great Britain provides an example of systemic change and ecumenical collaboration in addressing homelessness. Daily posts of resources on its website Breaking Barriers draw attention to the issues of homelessness. Our world is filled with barriers between people. Barriers that prevent us from understanding one another. They are created by unfair [...]

“A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug” is how  NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF symbolizes implications of a report from the AMerican Academy of Pediatrics.  He concludes his reflection with a quote from Frederic Douglas  “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” In between he comments on a landmarkwarning from the American Academy [...]

The website good.is presents a probing reflection on the value of “Pretend to be poor” experiments. Do such experiences give you a good glimpse into “the other side?” A new challenge called “Live Below the Line Week” started yesterday. Organized by the Global Poverty Project, Live Below the Line asks people to pretend to be poor [...]

How is this for creativity? A special Christmas project for the Sisters of Charity (Halifax) Safe House.   The Link below will take you to LifeWay Network Registry at Target where you will see a variety of different items at different price points to help us open the house.  Here is a great opportunity to [...]

Homelessness from A-Z Younger homeless people from the CONNECTION’S  Digital Group TOUCHBASE  have developed an inspiring A_Z series to warn other people about the harsh realities of being homeless.  They have created  ”A-Z” to help educate and prevent other people from becoming homeless. A FOR APPETITE B FOR BUS C FOR COPS D FOR DRINKING E FOR [...]

“Do Whatever It Takes,”  is challenging the digital generation to take action to solve the problem over over 2 million homeless youth. (In no way is this to be confused with the advertising slogan “Just do it”) In the campaign, the Millennial generation will be asked to go to a microsite, dowhateverittakes.org, to pledge to take [...]