by Beth | Sep 2, 2003 | Justice and Peace
“Forgotten Wars” ARICCIA, Italy, SEPT. 1, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The media have a great responsibility to spread the culture of peace, in part by avoiding the manipulation of terms and by not ignoring certain world conflicts, conferees were told. Mario...
by Beth | Aug 31, 2003 | Justice and Peace
On January 5, 1915 Henry Ford committed himself the following…. “To establish a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. Even the boy who sweeps up the floors will get that much.” On this Labor Day 2003 in the USA we can ask “How far have we...
by Beth | Aug 25, 2003 | Justice and Peace
Given Vincent’s concern for those in slavery the current Issue of National Geographic (August 2003) has a powerful photographic essay . There are more slaves today (27 million) than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The...
by Beth | Aug 14, 2003 | Justice and Peace
A very rich collectin of resources for Labor day 2003http://wwww.nicwj.org/pages/materials.ld.html
by Beth | Jun 19, 2003 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SJU is a co-sponsor of the the Annual Social Action Summer Institute along with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities, USA, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and Association of Diocesan Social Action...
by Beth | Jun 15, 2003 | Justice and Peace
SYDNEY, June 16, 2003 (cathnews.com): “The poor are silenced, but we will not be silenced!” These are the blunt messages the St Vincent de Paul Society is taking to the Senate Inquiry into Poverty later this week. “21% of Australian households are...