by annaread | May 19, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The manager of a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin USA says the number of people looking for used clothing and furniture at the store has increased. “You look at the economy and you say, ‘Where are we going?’...
by annaread | May 19, 2008 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, Vincentian Family
The recent New Orleans gathering of the US Vincentian Family is featured in Intermountain Catholic, the newspaper of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Christine Young, the author, leads a new Ladies of Charity chapter in Salt Lake City (previous famvin article) and...
by annaread | May 18, 2008 | Evangelization
Congregation of the Mission Father Jack Minogue, a physicist and ethicist and past president of DePaul University, talked with a news blogger at the Chicago Tribune about what the Vatican’s chief astronomer said last week about the search for intelligent life beyond...
by annaread | May 18, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It’s an old garage with a restaurant permit. On May 18, 1983 the Saint Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen opened in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA. Since then, every day it has served a midday meal: 40 on that first day; up to 400 on a day, since, for a monthly...
by annaread | May 15, 2008 | Disasters and Responses, Missions inter gentes, News
The Great Wall Appeal is a Web-based effort led by Joseph Loftus CM to connect people in rural China with the rest of the world. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the need becomes urgent. The Appeal, in partnership with Jinde Charites, is raising funds for relief of...
