by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
UNESCO Brazil promoted a composition contest on the topic: “How to Stop Poverty and Inequality” – A young member of the Vincent dePaul Society used the metaphor of a recipe for baking a cake and took home the prize. From the total of 41.329...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul today is present in 141 countries with 145 Superior, National and Assimilated Councils. It has 50,000 Conferences and over 700,000 members. It distributes over 550 million euros in aid every year around the world. How did this...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
In a “love is inventive unto infinity” story that Vincent would enjoy, Green TV’s short segment called “Once Upon a Mattress†documents the St. Vincent dePaul Society’s (Lane County, Oregon), mattress recycling plant. “We really are the...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 4, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
In a media release, the St Vincent de Paul Society said that a press report stating that the homeless could go hungry during the pope’s visit misrepresented the position of the society. The interview with Night Patrol President Brett Avery was taken completely...
by annaread | May 29, 2008 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul
…and you never leave empty-handed and you know you are loved. A blogger describes finding such a place, a place where I think a vulnerable teenager might have rescued her own self esteem. It’s a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store. Read a...
