Humanities for Humanity

Trinity College in Toronto began a project this fall to introduce low-income adults to the humanities and to hone their skills in abstract thinking. In the words of one project participant, “I’ve been away from this kind of learning for a long time, and it...

Another “hand up”

The Repository of Canton, Ohio USA kicks off an article about the contributions of various foundations by mentioning a Sisters of Charity grant to the Mayor’s Literacy Commision. Read the story. See also an article that describes other recent grants of the...

SSVDP has a “secret” for student success

Somewhere in one of Dublin’s pockets of poverty, after school some students go quietly to a hidden classroom. There they receive tutoring and mentoring in a program set up by “a committed volunteer” of the St Vincent de Paul Society. There’s a...
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