by annaread | Apr 28, 2008 | Evangelization
Among the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, only 14% — 45 — are teachers. One is Sister Susan Yerkich, SC who says, “…it’s kind of a tribute to the current lay leadership that the schools go on beautifully when sisters aren’t...
by annaread | Apr 28, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“The real resolution of hunger and the issue of people facing hunger is not giving them a food box, but dealing with the underlying issues of why they need that in the first place,” says the executive director of a food share program in Oregon, USA. Read...
by annaread | Apr 28, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
At a time when employers are cutting paid maternity leave, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has become the first charity in Australia to offer the benefit. Read the story.
by annaread | Apr 26, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change
The seventh in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Robert Maloney, C.M. writes: Systemic Change Strategy Six: Systematize, institutionalize and...
by annaread | Apr 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Criminalizing homelessness seems to be the result of an ordinance referred to a task force by the city council in New Orleans. A Daughter of Charity has spoken out against the proposal. Read the story.
