Arts help calling people to prayer, commissioning a special requiem Mass and holding a series of fundraisers via Zoom to help the homeless.
Homelessness
Homeless people: a question of humanity and fraternity
Homeless people exist. Calling them by their name is a question of humanity and fraternity, recognizing them with an ID and personal documents means building a healthy, united, open and creative society.
Create a Compassionate, Fairer and Interconnected World
As part of the Vincentian Family advocacy and education at the UN, we are hosting a webinar event on Tuesday, February 9 at 1:15-2:30 pm ET and invite your participation.
Depaul UK wins £1.6M grant for homeless youth
Depaul UK has won the Fair Chance Fund grant to support homeless and disadvantaged young people into housing, education and work.
90-year-old arrested for feeding the homeless
90-year-old among Florida activists arrested for feeding the homeless as reported by The Guardian. Church leaders in Florida were preparing for a second confrontation
Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty
Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels.
How we punish people for being poor
Rebecca Valla writes of “How we punish people for being poor” She connects the dots with exorbitant loan rates in all kinds of variations, etc.
‘Street sabbatical’ opens eyes of Delaware priest
A man without a home helped him map out his sabbatical, a man without a home showed him the face of compassion, and a man without a home suggested all of us — all of us — are beggars.
How one city cut 30 million per year from homeless budget
In 2005, Salt Lake city was spending $40 million to address chronic homelessness. Several years after starting the Housing First program, in 2013, spending was down to $9.6 million. And more importantly, chronic homelessness has dropped 72 percent.
What if Jesus were a mystery shopper?
What if Jesus were a mystery shopper? You know… a person testing how customers are being treated. We already know the answer to that. “He came unto his own and his own knew him not”.
What happens to the homeless when they die?
What Happens To The Homeless When They Die? That's a question Vincentians might think about. Some things to think about... “Somebody rejoiced when this kid was born. I think it’s really important that their life and death be memorialized, whether it’s with 50 people...
Bishop of Rochester to sleep out for Homeless
Housing Justice is happy to announce that the Rt Rev. Lord Bishop of Rochester (England) , Chair of Housing Justice, will be doing a sleep-out as part of Homeless Sunday 2015.
