Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Recommit to Non-Violence #IamVincent
Violence is sometimes the fruit, sometimes the cause of poverty. Non-violence has deep Christian roots. To say...
Levesque Institute Honored By Our Lady Of Angels Association
The Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M. Institute for Civic Engagement and its director, Dr. David Taylor, were honored by...
Restoring Lives Through Recycling Electronics
Two Vincentians: Timothy Lyons, C.M., and Laura Ford, are involved in a process of restoring lives through recycling...
Poor and Poverty in Evangelii Gaudium
A view of Pope Francis’ Gospel of Joy from South America… The Poor and Poverty in Evangelii Gaudium by Víctor Codina, SJ. The thought provoking article covers 10 points.
April 4 National Fast to End Hunger
There will be a National day of fasting against hunger in Great Britain on Friday 4 April. Perhaps this is something other countries could emulate. Half a million people are going without adequate food in Britain. The End Hunger Fast initiative, which is being backed...
Monster 3 days in Vinnies’ year-round operations
The Canberra Times writes of a "Monster three day sale" by the Australian St. Vincent dePaul Society. Local demand for the St Vincent de Paul Society's services will only increase as Canberra grows given the ACT has Australia's second-highest rate of homelessness and...
“Thanks to CLM, I know how to fight.”
CLM is part of a systemic change project in the Vincentian Family. Former Superior General Robert Maloney describes a Haitian Initiative “Pathway to a Better Life” in an earlier famvin post. The following piece from Fonkose describes the reaction of a graduate....
“End Hunger Fast”
This Lent, remember those who go without food – and help us tackle hunger This is the appeal from the Church Poverty website in the United Kingdom. The following contains much food for thought (pun intended) for people outside the United Kingdom and seems to enter...
Liberals told to fix housing scheme, not attack it
The headline reads... "Liberals told to fix housing scheme, not attack it". The head of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has attacked Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, accusing him of “gleefully bagging” the Rudd government’s flagship social housing...
An untapped source – Virtual volunteers?
With a strong tradition of hands service of those who are suffering followers of Vincent and Louise may be missing out on some valuable assistance in our ministries. "Virtual volunteers" may may it possible for us to do more for those we serve. What is virtual...
Apps and low income communities
What if you are a smartphone owner who needs food stamps? Or you want to access a “daily deal” that offers free museum admissions to low-income New York City families? While there are no apps for that, increasingly there’s a demand for smartphone software that serves...
Friends of the Poor Walk/Run 2014
Can you top this? 22,000 walkers raised over $2.1m Million in 2013! SAVE THE DATE: FRIENDS OF THE POOR® WALK/RUN Saturday, September 20th, 2014 The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run began as a national program with the purpose of providing local Society of St. Vincent de...