by Beth | May 10, 2006 | Justice and Peace
The St Vincent de Paul Society has cautioned Australians against taking comfort from the short-term gains in last night’s Budget, with its spokesperson John Falzon suggesting that the Budget failed to “identify and address the areas of market failure and...
by Beth | May 3, 2006 | Justice and Peace
Sr. Maureen Tinkler, DC invites members of the Vincentian Family in Britain to add a Christian Vincentian perspective to the debate in the House of Lords over an assisted dying bill.Dear Members of the Vincentian Family, If you click on the first link below you can...
by Beth | Apr 28, 2006 | Justice and Peace
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Several U.S. cardinals had a busy morning in Washington April 28 urging humane and compassionate immigration legislation as the Senate prepared to debate immigration reform. With them was Vincentian Father David M. O’Connell, president...
by Beth | Apr 14, 2006 | Justice and Peace
In an urgent letter to US Senators asking that they support comprehensive immigration reform National President Joseph Flannigan states: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul joins Catholic Charities, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and other faith-based...
by Beth | Apr 9, 2006 | Justice and Peace
My goal here is certainly not to propose any legal solution to immigration reform. What I do propose is that for Catholics, there are theological foundations that are essential if we are going to approach immigration reform from our Catholic perspective. It is my hope...
