by Beth | Aug 20, 2004 | Justice and Peace
“Our founder, Frederic Ozanam, told us: “You must not be content with tiding the poor over the poverty crisis: you must study their condition and the injustices which brought about such poverty, with the aim of a long-term improvement.” In June this year the...
by Beth | Aug 19, 2004 | Justice and Peace
The Center of Concern and Orbis Books has recently published an extensively revised fourth edition of its award winning “Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret”. Catholic Social Teaching defines what it means to take up the joys and hopes, sorrows...
by Beth | Aug 18, 2004 | Justice and Peace
The intention of this day is to bring all nations and peoples together to observe a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. In conjunction with this day an international movement began to raise awareness of this important day by holding vigils, spiritual...
by Beth | Aug 16, 2004 | Justice and Peace
It costs nothing and is small step in giving voice to the voiceless. – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development as a number of very attractive clickable logos that people are encouraged to put on web sites in order to draw attention to some very powerful...
by Beth | Aug 12, 2004 | Justice and Peace
SYDNEY, August 13, 2004 (smh.com.au): The West, rich and getting richer, ignores the growing desperation of the poor at its peril, writes Benazir Bhutto in The Sydney Morning Herald – While the world focuses on the war against terrorism, the war against poverty...
by Beth | Aug 6, 2004 | Justice and Peace
“Let’s get the poor on our agenda because it’s on God’s mind,” … “If you ever expect to get a reservation in heaven, you will have to have a letter of recommendation from the poor to get in.”For the full report on the Boston meeting of “Let Justice...