by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Ordinary plastic grocery bags turned into sleeping mats for the homeless? Yes, you read that correctly. Watch this video on how to do this at home. I suspect you will never look at those plastic bags in the same way. Certainly in the category of “inventiveness...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
If you were homeless could you… 1. Locate a thrift store in the area and have someone else pick out clothes and shoes for you, do your best to fit in them. Don’t give your opinion. Wear them for a week. 2. Here is your budget (social security disability, public...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 24, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic News Service looks at how “Pacem in Terris” holds up 50 years after the Cold War-inspired papal encyclical on peace was written by Blessed John XXIII. Meghan Clark, Professor Moral Theology at St. John’s University  joins Cardinal Turkson...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 7, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“For Louise de Marillac the Church is not some distant entity or a hierarchical institution to which she must submit herself. All Christians are members of the mystical body and each individual has a concrete function to perform in order to accomplish a common...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 25, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Someone has need of it! Depaul UK launches its Spare Room Campaign in response to the dramatic rise in youth homelessness. The campaign sees Depaul UK team up with local charities across the country to call on the 7.5 million households nationwide who have a spare...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops critiqued federal budget proposals for their suggested cuts to social aid programs, which they said would harm the poor and vulnerable. “The moral measure of this budget debate is not which party wins or which...
