by John Freund, CM | Nov 27, 2012 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
VINNIES (SVDP Australia) has slammed the Government and the Opposition for driving single mothers deeper into poverty. Centrelink officers have taken to telling single mothers they should seek help from charities once welfare payments stop in January, The...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2012 | Church
World Bank figures show that “there are an extra 52 million children going to school” as governments have been able to invest in education instead of debt repayments. Vatican Radio reports “Irish rocker and anti-poverty campaigner Bono was back in the Vatican...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Please join in Poverty & Homelessness Action Week January 2013 and call for an end to this blame game. Are people to blame for being poor or homeless? Media stereotypes make huge assumptions – benefit claimants don’t want to work; homeless people are...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has been said that a measure of a society is how it cares for those on the margins. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina serves as a resource for both the community and public policy makers on issues affecting the poor is one way the Foundation...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A thought-provoking post from Thomas Worcester Editor, ‘The Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits’ found on The Huffington Post. In the midst of a bitterly fought election campaign, on issues such as wealth and poverty and “entitlement” reform,...
