by annaread | Nov 6, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Michael Stamm, who won gold and silver medals for swimming in the 1972 Olympics, is now training people to cook for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Oakland, California. “We want,” he says, “to give people a hand up, not a handout.” Read... by annaread | Nov 6, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Vincentian Family
A new challenge for St Vincent de Paul thrift stores is making sure unsafe toys donated to the stores are destroyed, not distributed. The ingenious solution of the Indianapolis Society of St Vincent de Paul is reported in this brief TV news story. by annaread | Nov 5, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Systemic change
Sunday the Salem Oregon USA St Vincent de Paul Society held the grand opening of the Center for Family Success, a program to work with families where parents have, by incarceration or otherwise, been involved with the criminal justice system. It’s modeled on... by annaread | Nov 2, 2007 | Evangelization, News
“All life that God gave,” says Daughter of Charity Katerina Fuchs, “must be respected.” In Jerusalem, the Daughters run a facility that provides full-time care for 59 severely disabled children, two-thirds of whom are Arab. Among the workers... by annaread | Oct 31, 2007 | Evangelization, News
Few weeks pass without a St Vincent de Paul volunteer being featured in a newspaper somewhere in the world. Yesterday in St Louis, Missiouri USA a newspaper ran with a story about a senior who refuses to let “his body’s imperfections slow him down”.... by annaread | Oct 25, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On its first anniversary, Cincinnati’s St. Vincent de Paul free pharmacy sees requests for help with prescription drugs increasing by 20% each month. Read the story.
