by Beth | Sep 19, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A South Bend, Indiana public library offered to forgive library fines in exchange for donations to a St Vincent de Paul Society food pantry. Result? Collection of 1,785 cans of food in a single day. Read about the event or visit the Web site of the St. Vincent de Paul...
by Beth | Sep 18, 2007 | Evangelization, Missions inter gentes, News
INCHEON, Korea (UCAN) — Incheon diocese has set up a center to care for North Korean refugees and provide an education for their children. The center’s director is Stella Lim Sun-yun, S.C. (right) Sister Lim told UCA News that every three weeks, Incheon...
by Beth | Sep 18, 2007 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Last month we mentioned how local coverage of a direct service project the Rogue Valley District Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society snowballed into a major donation of dental equipment. Now another story has snowballed: the Council received one of the largest...
by Beth | Sep 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
When gathered last week in St Louis to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Ladies of Charity USA, some 300 representatives of 73 associations throughout the United States sat down to “the hunger banquet”. Here’s a site that allows you to take a...
by Beth | Sep 16, 2007 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Unless there isn’t enough of it or a health crisis causes reconsideration of diet, most people don’t spend much time thinking about food. But hunger and health — our own and that of the increasingly stressed land — are reasons to think about...
