by Beth | May 10, 2006 | Justice and Peace
The St Vincent de Paul Society has cautioned Australians against taking comfort from the short-term gains in last night’s Budget, with its spokesperson John Falzon suggesting that the Budget failed to “identify and address the areas of market failure and...
by Beth | May 7, 2006 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is the “Appeal for Peace,” launched April 27 by participants from various religions present at the 2006 International Prayer Meeting for Peace, organized in Washington, D.C. The event was organized by the...
by Beth | May 5, 2006 | Justice and Peace
The following is a statement by Sister Barbara Aires, Sisters of Charity of St Elizabeth, NJ and an Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) member regarding Wal-Mart’s report on its EEO data: “Wal-Mart today placed its entire EEO-1 report on...
by Beth | May 3, 2006 | Justice and Peace
Sr. Maureen Tinkler, DC invites members of the Vincentian Family in Britain to add a Christian Vincentian perspective to the debate in the House of Lords over an assisted dying bill.Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, If you click on the first link below you can...
by Beth | Apr 28, 2006 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Several U.S. cardinals had a busy morning in Washington April 28 urging humane and compassionate immigration legislation as the Senate prepared to debate immigration reform. With them was Vincentian Father David M. O’Connell, president...
by Beth | Apr 14, 2006 | Justice and Peace
In an urgent letter to US Senators asking that they support comprehensive immigration reform National President Joseph Flannigan states: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul joins Catholic Charities, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and other faith-based...