by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Seeing “dressed up” guests isn’t uncommon these days at soup kitchens in eastern Massachusetts, USA. The story includes coverage of the work of a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul food pantry in Middleboro. Read the article.
by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The world-wide celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul caused a newspaper in Johnstown, Pennsylvania USA, a town designated in 1992 as a “financially distressed municipality”, to take a look at the Society’s work...
by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
For years the thrift store of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in McMinnville, Oregon USA has been bursting at the seams. Now retail space AND storage space will expand by about thirty per cent, thanks to a grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Read the...
by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Forcing a person to choose between sleep and obeying laws that prohibit sleeping on the street: maybe that violates one of the rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution. San Diego, California USA has a task force taking a look at homelessness, and some folks...
by annaread | Mar 8, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
In Cincinnati, high school students made a two day “social action retreat” at the Bank Street headquarters of the area’s Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Read the story.
