by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
This Lent, remember those who go without food – and help us tackle hunger This is the appeal from the Church Poverty website in the United Kingdom. The following contains much food for thought (pun intended) for people outside the United Kingdom and seems to enter...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The headline reads… “Liberals told to fix housing scheme, not attack it”. The head of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has attacked Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, accusing him of “gleefully bagging” the Rudd government’s flagship...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 13, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
OUT OF POVERTY is now the title of the Western Region Voice of the Poor newsletter. It seems appropriate, because it indicates the goal of everything we do for the people we serve. Together with the new name, our team decided that the newsletter would have each time...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2014 | Pope
Rome Reports offers a powerful series of video moments it considers highlights and insights into Pape Francis’ first year. The text below is even more powerful when viewed with appropriate video clips illustrating its choice in RomeReports. 1- HELP As he...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2014 | Justice and Peace
Unfortunately such reports are becoming more and more common. “Thrown in jail for being poor: the booming for-profit probation industry” “Many poor Americans face jail when they can’t pay steep fines for nonviolent crimes, like $1,000 for stealing a...
