by Beth | Apr 25, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On Pentecost 2002, American churches and faith-based organizations will invite our fellow citizens to hear and speak the truth about poverty in America and around the world. It’s time to change the national conscience and debate by reminding our nation of its...
by Beth | Apr 21, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It is only appropriate that during the Vincentian Family’s project, The Globalization of Charity – The Struggle Against Hunger, that the first food grain genome is published. As reported in 5 April 2002 issue of the journal Science, two research...
by Beth | Apr 20, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Ron Hoye participated in a five-day, 500-mile bike ride this summer to raise funds for AIDS vaccine research. Along with 1,500 other riders from around the world, he rode from Fairbanks to Anchorage, Alaska, and raised almost $4,000.00 all from confreres. Ron is...
by Beth | Apr 20, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
BRASILIA, Brazil, APRIL 19, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The struggle against hunger, and relations between a priest and his community, were among the key topics discussed at the General Assembly of the Brazilian bishops’ conference. The assembly, which opened April 10,...
by Beth | Apr 17, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Projects in Progress as reported in NUNTIA of tghe Congregation of the Mission. The Campaign against Hunger continues to spread and develop in many of the countries where the Vincentian Family is present. The Coordinat-ing Commission for the Project (Any RodrÃ-guez,...
by Beth | Apr 14, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The drought is not a “natural disaster”. It is “man-made”. “It is the result of mining of scarce ground water in arid regions to grow thirsty cash crops for exports instead of water prudent food crops for local needs.” A...
