by Beth | Sep 20, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Hospitals run by Sisters of Charity in South Carolina and Billings Montana are in the News.Providence Hospital Northeast has scaled back its expansion plans after state health officials last month rejected a request to add 50beds. The facility’s owner, Sisters of...
by Beth | Sep 19, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Buried in a report… the $7 billion needed annually over the next decade to provide 2.6 billion people with access to clean water is less than Europeans spend on perfume, and less than Americans spend on elective corrective surgery. This investment would save an...
by Beth | Sep 7, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
$5M plus Value of medication dispensed since opening CRESCENT SPRINGS – For people such as John and Carol Riley, St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy is a lifesaver.Pharmacy’s clients had fallen through cracks By Cindy Schroeder Enquirer staff writer IF...
by Beth | Aug 31, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
AUG. 30 4:11 P.M. ET Even with a robust economy that was adding jobs last year, the number of Americans who fell into poverty rose to 37 million — up 1.1 million from 2003 — according to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. It marks the fourth straight...
by Beth | Aug 29, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
I was a Stranger – When we think of Mary and Joseph on the road to Bethlehem and then fleeing into Egypt with their new-born child, how simple is seems: find room for them. But when their story multiplies into millions as it does in our time, how complex it...
by Beth | Aug 28, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland is coordinating the establishment of mentoring programs in the Logan/Beaudesert area. THE COORDINATOR of an innovative community mentoring program has urged community members in the Logan area to lend their “time and talents”...