by John Freund, CM | Feb 4, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Cheques for £500 were given to Depaul UK in The Grove, the country’s largest youth homeless charity, and House of Mercy in Edwin Street, which provides a day centre for homeless people or those with inadequate accommodation. The money came from the Kent Police...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 30, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homeless Action Week in Great Britain provides an example of systemic change and ecumenical collaboration in addressing homelessness. Daily posts of resources on its website Breaking Barriers draw attention to the issues of homelessness. Our world is filled with...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 29, 2012 | Church, Evangelization, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 The Pope writes, “Migrants are not only recipients but are also witnesses of proclaiming the Gospel in the contemporary world” “Today we celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Millions of people are involved in the phenomenon of...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2012 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – A group of Asian Bishops – together with some priests, religious and lay people – will live for four days a true “immersion” in poverty, staying from January 18 to 21 among the poorest and the marginalized in the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 11, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug” is how  NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF symbolizes implications of a report from the AMerican Academy of Pediatrics.  He concludes his reflection with a quote from Frederic Douglas  “It is easier to build strong children...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
British Economist, Guy Standing, coined the term, precariat, to describe the reality of low wage workers in our modern, global economy; a reality in which risk continues to be shifted away from capital and on to the backs of working people at the low end of the labour...