by annaread | Nov 14, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Paul Carmony, a volunteer with a St Vincent de Paul Society conference in Louisville Kentucky USA, this week received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Carmony, a 71 year old Air Force veteran, logs about 1600 hours of service a year with the conference.... by annaread | Nov 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Lane County, Oregon USA has received $1.5 million to build 27 housing units for low-income and elderly people. Read the story. by annaread | Nov 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A reflection on last week’s tragic news: Like many concerned Filipinos, I was emotionally overwhelmed and driven to tears by the suicide of Marianet Amper. I could not fathom how and why a 12-year-old girl, whose life as a conscious and thinking human being was... by annaread | Nov 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On Monday the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria committed more than $1.1 billion US to 73 projects. More than two-thirds of these funds are earmarked for projects in Africa. Read more. by annaread | Nov 12, 2007 | Vincentian Family
The sesquicentennial of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth is being marked in Billings, Montana USA. A local television station produced a short tribute and the order was featured in a newspaper article, as well.
