by John Freund, CM | Apr 20, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Apr. 18, 2007 12:00 AM Arizona’s working poor all too often turn to payday loans for emergency cash and end up trapped in the cycle of debt. Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have been among those speaking out for meaningful consumer protection for...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
SYDNEY, April 15, 2007 ( The St Vincent de Paul Society has called on both sides of politics to act on the key recommendations of the Senate Poverty Inquiry Report tabled three years ago. Dr John Falzon, chief executive officer of the Society’s national council,...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2007 | Justice and Peace
Can a computer game help people learn about situations in Dafur, understand possibilities in the Palestinian conflict or tackle food crisis in a region? Consider “Darfur Is Dying” , part of a growing but still nascent “games for change”...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2007 | Evangelization, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family
When typhoon REMING (international code name DURIAN) came upon the people at the foothills of the beautiful and majestic Mayon Volcano in the middle eastern part of the Philippines last November 29, 2006, life literally stopped and “darkness came upon the earth.â€...
by Beth | Mar 6, 2007 | Justice and Peace
Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is CHA president and CEO, said the budget proposals outlined by Bush “simply do not rise to the challenge of helping to improve our nation’s health care system.”Sister Carol also said the proposed cuts...
