by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 Nan Roman writes, “Reforms embodied in the ACA address key problems in our health care system that have most hampered local progress toward alleviating chronic homelessness. There is a popular assumption that virtually all chronically homeless people are...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
After 4 years sleeping on the streets of London Viv is now a ‘sofa sleeper’. She says she is on the waiting list for council housing, but that may take a few years. Viv is a homeless tour guide for Unseen Tours, a very unique walking tour in several areas...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Fifth Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012. The Society is offering a series of video tips for organizers. The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run is a unique national fundraising effort organized nationally  and locally by...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Rev. Perry Henry, C.M. has invited Depaul USA to lead a working group that will explore uses for the apartment building at 2912 Arsenal Street in St. Louis. The Arsenal Street building contains 12 one-bedroom apartments that served as the Congregation of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 27, 2012 | Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family in Australia gathered to focus on “Refugees – Who are they and why should we care?” The June 24, 2012 event  “Act Justly – Refugees and Asylum Seekers” was held at St Vincent’s Ashfield and attended by...
