by Beth | May 8, 2005 | Justice and Peace
SYDNEY, May 6, 2005 (catholicweekly.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society calls on the Federal Treasurer to make this year’s budget an inclusive social document. In his column in The Catholic Weekly, Owen Rogers, chief executive officer of the St Vincent de Paul...
by Beth | Apr 28, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The “$500 cap on tax deductions for donations of clothing and household goods is arbitrary and unfair” and threatens the 350+ charitable thrift shops the Society of St. Vincent de Paul operates in the United States to help fund soup kitchens, social...
by Beth | Apr 20, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The speakers at the conference will include the South African ambassador to Ireland, Melanie Verwoerd, and Sister Bernadette McMahon and Sister Margo Delaney of the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice. Human dignity must be at the heart of the state’s treatment...
by Beth | Mar 30, 2005 | Justice and Peace
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is calling for tax breaks, which allow the wealthy to get away with paying little or no tax, to be suspended.The charity organisation has made a submission to the Department of Finance about various tax incentives including tax...
by Beth | Mar 23, 2005 | Justice and Peace
A member of the Daughters of Charity working in partnership with CAFOD in Ethiopia, spoke to MPs and Peers today, during a visit organised as part of the MAKE POVERTY HISTORY campaign.The Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Amos invited Sister Medhin Tesfaye to...
