by annaread | Jun 11, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
St. John’s Bread and Life soup kitchen in Brooklyn, NY, founded 26 years ago by Daughter of Charity Bernadette Szymczak (d. 1998) and still served by the Daughters and a Sister of Charity, is featured in today’s New York Times. Technology has an important... by sjs | Jun 2, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
50 economists examine ten of the world’s biggest challenges and place as Number 1 because of its “immediate and important consequences for improving the wellbeing of poor people around the world,” to combat malnutrition in the 140 million children in... by John Freund, CM | May 26, 2008 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The feast of Corpus Christi is an invitation to Christians to work for the elimination of world hunger” writes Benedict XVI. He adds “Dear brothers and sisters, may the feast of Corpus Domini be an occasion to grow in this concrete attention to our... by annaread | May 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Yesterday the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Longview, Washington USA broke ground on a new foot facility, which will add about 1800 square fee to its food bank. The food bank served some 4000 people last year. But contributions to an important annual food drive... by John Freund, CM | May 19, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW YORK, MAY 19, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The global food crisis should not be measured just in terms of market costs, but also in terms of the mental and spiritual costs faced by those who cannot provide for themselves and their family, affirmed the Holy See....
