by annaread | Mar 31, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Louisiana State University women worked through pouring rain on Saturday to paint, clean and landscape a women’s shelter operated by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The project was part of the university’s celebration of Women’s History...
by annaread | Mar 30, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change
The third in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Gene Smith writes: Strategy Three: In maintaining a profound respect for local culture,...
by annaread | Mar 30, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
That’s the judgment of a food bank executive in Tampa Bay, Florida USA where demand at food pantries and soup kitchens such as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s has increased by 20 to 25 per cent. At the same time, cash donations have decreased. Read...
by annaread | Mar 27, 2008 | Vincentian Family
Micro-grants are part of the news published in the March 2008 bulletin from the Vincentian Solidarity Office. Also covered: a farm mechanization project in Cameroon and computerizing Congregation of the Mission houses in South India. Go to the bulletin (.pdf).
by annaread | Mar 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA a dining room that is the project of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul served lunch for 300. On the menu: ham, green beans, dirty rice and cheesecake. The dining room served a record 217,000 meals last year. Read the...
