by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While the exploitation of illegal workers is often linked to the sex industry, recent reports from the Attorney-General’s Department and Australian Institute of Criminology have suggested it is on the rise in other industries. Brianna Lee said these include reports of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In an article “Vincent de Paul, Welfare Statist?”Acton Research Fellow Kevin E. Schmiesing writes on Acton Insititute Power Blog of his concern that Vincent is being used as a pawn in an election cycle. “In Thomas Worcester’s recent column on the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has been said that a measure of a society is how it cares for those on the margins. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina serves as a resource for both the community and public policy makers on issues affecting the poor is one way the Foundation...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 9, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A question for you? Can you identify a branch of the Vincentian Family whose primary mission is mental health and specializes in care for the mentally ill? The Brothers or Charity were founded by one who is called the “Belgian St. Vincent dePaul” and who...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2012 | Justice and Peace, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth will host “Eyes Open Against Human Trafficking”on Oct. 11 at the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Motherhouse, 4200 S. Fourth St. “Trafficking occurs everywhere,” said Penny Lonergan. She is a member of the planning committee...
