by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Prostitution has existed for a long time in Limoges, as it has in other cities. In September 2001, at the beginning of the academic year, we were struck by the increasing number of younger people gathering and settling in a particular area of the city centre. The new...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 28, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
THE St Vincent de Paul Society (Australia) is concerned at the suggestion of a $10 a tonne carbon levy as a way of tackling the important issue of climate change. While much of the debate has focused on the impact a levy would have on business and the economy, our...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has become a trend for such charities as Goodwill to open stores that are more like traditional big-box retailers than the old, dingy thrift stores of the past. Now the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix has taken the trend a step further: It has opened a...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (March 19, 2007)—Congress must remember the needs of the poor when it considers the federal budget, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, and President of the U.S. Bishops, told members of Congress in a letter sent to Capitol Hill March 16....
by Beth | Mar 13, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
St John’s Bread and Life was featured in the Sunday NY Daily News (3/11/07) in an article chronicling the struggles of immigrant day laborers in NYC. Though this topic is fraught with strong opinions I think the article captures what Bread and Life tries to...
by Beth | Mar 11, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Since 2004 Sister Ellen Flynn, DC has been on the front line as eastern Europeans arrive full of hope in the UK only to have their prospects dashed. Sister Ellen Flynn, chief executive of London’s biggest day centre for homeless adults, looks close to tears as...
