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...
by Beth | May 25, 2003 | Justice and Peace
As people in the United States celebrate Memorial Day and the supreme sacrifice made by so many we might reflect on what people through the ages and of varying traditions have said about war and peace.Reflections on war and Peace
by Beth | May 20, 2003 | Justice and Peace
The saints were out of their minds when it came to love. Their love was limitless, embracing God, humanity, nature. Considering that God became man to live on earth, that a large part of humanity is poor, that nature itself, stupendous as it is, is poor in so far as...