''Heartfelt Anger of a Scorned People''
Beth
October 28, 2004
An account of the work of Vincentians with the Roma people ( a segment of the gypsy population) of Slovakia.
In Eastern Europe, for the first time since the French Revolution, hunger has sparked an insurrection. Sadly, the anger of the poorest of the poor in Slovakia led to aggression. They sacked supermarkets and took the food home. And only a police prohibition against their leaving the towns prevented a planned protest by all the Roma of the country. ….
… Today there is once again life in Hostice. It can hardly be called impressive. But with the inhabitants being backed by the Vincentian community of Eggenberg and with ever stronger ties between them and Graz, there is hope their life is not going to be lost quite yet.