by annaread | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Climbing rents in Juneau Alaska has contributed to a growing problem of homelessness. Now a housing advocate will work in a position managed by the St Vincent de Paul Society. Stan Marston says his is a “one stop shop” that “will prevent...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The U.S. Bishops today expressed strong support for restructuring the Child Tax Credit so that it more effectively reaches the poorest working families. In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Bishops state that tax policy must be judged by “how it...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Compassion International announced today a $5 million investment over the next five years in Opportunity International, a microcredit lender serving over a million poor entrepreneurs in developing countries, to fund microfinance operations aimed at the working poor in...
by annaread | Nov 6, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Michael Stamm, who won gold and silver medals for swimming in the 1972 Olympics, is now training people to cook for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Oakland, California. “We want,” he says, “to give people a hand up, not a handout.” Read...
by annaread | Nov 6, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In 2008 the Daughters of Charity will open a health center to serve the Bywater and Ninth Ward neighborhoods. Tehe American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress recently pitched in at the new site, as mentioned here recently. The New Orleans business newspaper has...
by sjs | Nov 5, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In several recent speeches, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, talked about the need increase efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Read the story.