by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Programs for grandparents who are rearing grandchildren — 70,000 such adults in Arkansas — and collaborating with churches and educational institutions to increase accessibility of mental health care: these are some of the things Daughter of Charity Sister...
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The newspaper of the Los Angeles archdiocese has been running a series on homelessness. This week’s article is about a young woman who has been living “shelter to shelter” and now lives at a shelter co-sponsored by the St Vincent de Paul Society and...
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Systemic change
Grameen Bank — Bank of the Villages — really does lend to beggars. Take a look at this video to get another example of how microfinance can accomplish systemic change and visit their informative and surprising website. Surprising? Well, yes. How many Nobel...
by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
After Australian John Harper experienced depression and found help talking with mates, the Rural Task Force of the St Vincent de Paul Society learned of Harper’s efforts to gather farmers for support and education about depression. Read more.
by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Sunday’s Cincinnati Enquirer ran a story about the rapidly expanding need for elder day care. The article featured Eldermount, which is part of the range of elder care offered by Sisters of Charity at Bayley Place. Read the article.
