![A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Three](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Three
I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Three discusses (systemic) racism.
![Vatican’s Water Initiative in Health Care Facilities is an Investment in Life](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/12/water-before-fb-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Vatican’s Water Initiative in Health Care Facilities is an Investment in Life
As my office has responded to request after request to find funds to respond to the need for water in clinics, hospitals and schools, I have been stunned by the lack of access to this most basic resource in so many locations around the world.
![Called to Evangelize and To Be Evangelized](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/11/misevi-logo-featured-3-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Called to Evangelize and To Be Evangelized
Attention to the realities of present-day society, especially to the factors that cause an unequal distribution of the world’s goods, so that we can better carry out our prophetic task of evangelization.
![A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Three](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/02/a-canadian-view-jim-paddon-featured-1080x675.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Canadian View: Inter-Generational Trauma, Poverty & Racism, Part Two
I would like to examine the relationship between trauma, poverty and (systemic) racism over my next three articles. Part Two discusses poverty.
![The Poor Will Always Be With You??](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2021/11/svdp-poor-man-FI-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Poor Will Always Be With You??
Here I reflect on a “prequel” to the very first council, the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15). I will also fast-forward to the two-year-long “sequel” taking place right now.