by annaread | Oct 15, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As mentioned in this week’s post on systemic change, October 16 is the date on which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations seeks annually to focus awareness on the problem of hunger. The FAO’s Web page on the theme, “The Right... by annaread | Oct 11, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Recently the weekly feature on systemic change spotlighted Seton Harvest, a Daughters of Charity project of community supported agriculture. The Sisters of Charity of New York also have a project; see their interesting blog. by annaread | Oct 9, 2007 | Justice and Peace, News
Take a good long look at something you don’t want to see, urges a feature writer for a Florida newspaper. He’s writing about paintings of Marge Hakel, a Saint Vincent de Paul Society volunteer who uses her paintings to portray social injustice. Painter... by John Freund, CM | Oct 8, 2007 | Church, Justice and Peace
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org) – Offering a social interpretation of the parable of Lazarus, the Holy Father referred to an encyclical from his predecessor Paul VI, “Populorum Progressio,” saying the appeal has the same urgency... by annaread | Oct 7, 2007 | Justice and Peace
In the next ten years, an estimated 100 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday. Here’s a preview of “Child Brides: Stolen Lives”, a special that will run on the American network PBS on October 12. by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2007 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
[google 2238105394190368409] There’s a garbage pile that dwarfs, easily, the small hills of Rome — and people live on top of it. Payatas is home to people who live on and from the refuse of the super-metropolis of Manila (population 12 million). Learn more...
