West Virginia Conference allows people in need to Grow your own The saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him...
Poverty Analysis
Saint Vincent de Paul in helping the poor save taxpayers £11million per year
Research, by economists Oxera, shows that the Saint Vincent de Paul Society is helping taxpayers save £11million per...
The stress of poverty and our role as advocates
In "Behavioral Science and the Stress of Poverty: Dan Torrington, SVDP Western Region Voice of the Poor Leader writes...
“Planning for the right kind of recovery 2015”
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland advocates for the poor in a position paper “Planning for the right kind of recovery 2015”.
Why be the Voice of the Poor?
By identifying and bringing attention to those issues that are critical to those living in poverty and to the structures, societal and legislative, that cause and perpetuate poverty, VOP Vincentians can help communities and elected representatives to develop strategies and tactics that will provide the most effective and efficient mean to reduce or eliminate poverty.
State of Homelessness USA 2014
This report, State of Homelessness USA 2014, uses the most recently available data from a variety of sources: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cardboard Homeless
RethinkHomelessness asked our #homeless friends to write down a fact about themselves that other people wouldn’t know just by walking past them. Their answers may surprise you.
Vincentian thinkers
CALL FOR PAPERS -Prosperity, Poverty and the Purpose of Business Rediscovering Integral Human Development in the Catholic Social Tradition It has been said that the character of a people is found in the way that it treats its poor and marginalized. So what is the...
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.
