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...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 6, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“Education is about molding better people and contributing to building a better world,” says Philippine Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Noli “Kabayan†De Castro. De Castro welcomed the launch of the Vincentian...
