by annaread | May 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Stories of poverty “do not put us in real contact with real people,” writes Barbara Ryan, who is president of a State Council of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Australia. The 2008 Winter Appeal “is about getting in touch with real...
by annaread | May 22, 2008 | Evangelization, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A graduate student in the School of Public Service Management at DePaul University reflects on what she saw when she and other students traveled to the Philippines. “Listening to the poor,” she writes, “is key to finding solutions that can meet their...
by sjs | May 17, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Every day, Catholic Charities agencies see the faces of the poor across America, and we know firsthand how race and poverty are interconnected,†say Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA. In 2006, the poverty rate for African Americans was 24.3%...
by sjs | May 5, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
When Vincent saw a poor person, he saw the face of Christ. What do we see? Lamentably, for many the answer is someone too lazy to lift themselves out of poverty. The Homeless Alliance of Greater Buffalo has come up with an event to help change that perception. The...
by annaread | Apr 29, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Rising costs of food and gasoline have created financial pressure extreme enough that people who have never before received social services are now accepting help. The number of guests at a Sisters of Charity soup kitchen in Charleston has increased recently by half....
