by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
After Australian John Harper experienced depression and found help talking with mates, the Rural Task Force of the St Vincent de Paul Society learned of Harper’s efforts to gather farmers for support and education about depression. Read more.
by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Sunday’s Cincinnati Enquirer ran a story about the rapidly expanding need for elder day care. The article featured Eldermount, which is part of the range of elder care offered by Sisters of Charity at Bayley Place. Read the article.
by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia’s federal government is contributing $2.5 million (Aus) to redevelop facilities at St Mary’s House of Welcome in Melbourne. Established by the Daughters of Charity in 1958, St Mary’s serves the disadvantaged and vulnerable of...
by annaread | Oct 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Every year since 1993 the United Nations has called for observance of a day to focus, internationally, on ending poverty. October 17 is a good date to check the page on this topic at the UN’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library for its excellent resources on the...
by annaread | Oct 15, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The Just and Moral Society: From Ideal to Reality” was the topic of Saturday’s conference on poverty presented by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University. Susan Stabile, law professor at University of St. Thomas...
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...
