by annaread | May 29, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
By thorough integration of values and mission, Daughters of Charity organized a successful, multi-disciplinary response to change the future of a young woman with a rare and devastating syndrome. Early in March, Hoa Tran, 20, endured eleven hours of surgery, inching...
by annaread | May 29, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul
…and you never leave empty-handed and you know you are loved. A blogger describes finding such a place, a place where I think a vulnerable teenager might have rescued her own self esteem. It’s a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store. Read a...
by annaread | May 28, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A policy paper entitled Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness has been published by the Australian government. The paper’s purpose is to educate, to encourage public discussion, and to offer proposals, with particular focus on changing underlying causes...
by annaread | May 28, 2008 | Vincentian Family
“Sanctity simply means love,” writes Daughter of Charity Jozefa Watroba in an essay for Poland’s Sunday Catholic Weekly about Blessed Marta Wiecka. The article includes much biographical information and places Blessed Marta’s life in a specific...
by annaread | May 27, 2008 | Justice and Peace
Last week a blogger at a technology blog prodded the tech community to use “our social media super-powers to make a real difference in the world.” Some examples: use a blog to fundraise for disaster relief; promote charities on YouTube (famvin has made a...
