by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Prostitution has existed for a long time in Limoges, as it has in other cities. In September 2001, at the beginning of the academic year, we were struck by the increasing number of younger people gathering and settling in a particular area of the city centre. The new...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has become a trend for such charities as Goodwill to open stores that are more like traditional big-box retailers than the old, dingy thrift stores of the past. Now the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix has taken the trend a step further: It has opened a...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 21, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (March 19, 2007)—Congress must remember the needs of the poor when it considers the federal budget, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, and President of the U.S. Bishops, told members of Congress in a letter sent to Capitol Hill March 16....
by Beth | Mar 13, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
St John’s Bread and Life was featured in the Sunday NY Daily News (3/11/07) in an article chronicling the struggles of immigrant day laborers in NYC. Though this topic is fraught with strong opinions I think the article captures what Bread and Life tries to...
by Beth | Mar 5, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The poor of Africa have an “anonymous Vincentian” (pace Karl Rahner) as their ally in the fight against deadly diseases. Bono, ambassador of the ONE campaign geared to end global poverty, received an “Image” award from the National Association...
