by annaread | May 22, 2008 | Evangelization, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A graduate student in the School of Public Service Management at DePaul University reflects on what she saw when she and other students traveled to the Philippines. “Listening to the poor,” she writes, “is key to finding solutions that can meet their... by annaread | May 20, 2008 | Evangelization, News, Vincentian Family
“I didn’t want to calculate my time in dollars,” a Colorado Vincentian Volunteer told a newspaper columnist. The columnist talked to volunteer who is taking a “gap year” from her studies and to another who worked as a commodities and... by annaread | May 20, 2008 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Using different approaches, the Western and Southern United States Provinces of the Congregation of the Mission “bring God’s love to everyday life.” A recent article in the Provinces’ newsletter, The Vincentian, describes how both regional and... 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 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...
