May 5, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Global efforts, including that of the United States, have made great progress toward ending hunger and poverty over the last three decades. Around the world […]
Food Security Safety Net in Jeopardy; You Can Help
Seeking Food Security For All in PA
April 1, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Since 1983, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has funded a program to assist families who lack the resources to obtain the food they need: the State Food […]
World Hunger: What Can You Do?
March 9, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel It is not too early to put the 2017 SW PA Bread for the World Workshop on your calendar for Sunday, April 23 from 1 – […]
Local SOA Watch Sending 13 to Mexico Border
By Joyce Rothermel October 1, 2016 Three-hundred and ninety human rights, social justice, faith-based, labor, and immigrant rights groups are calling for an International Convergence at the U.S./Mexico Border from October 7-10, […]
School of the Americas Watch Convergence: October 7 – 10
September 1, 2016 By Joyce Rothermel On August 3, the film, “The Empire’s War on the Border” was viewed at the Thomas Merton Center. This compelling documentary presents very clearly the current […]
Tony Norman to Speak on Faith, Fear and Politics
September 1, 2016 By Joyce Rothermel Tony Norman, Associate Editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is set to kick off the 2016 Fall Speakers’ Series of the Association of Pittsburgh Priests on Thursday, […]
Looking Ahead to This Fall’s Association of Pittsburgh Priests’ Speakers’ Series
The Association of Pittsburgh Priests has put together a very timely series of speakers for the fall. You may want to put them on your calendars now so you don’t miss them! […]
Seeking Justice in the Year of Mercy: A Campaign to End the Death Penalty
July 1, 2016 By Joyce Rothermel Catholic social teaching offers a unique perspective on crime and punishment. It starts with the recognition that the dignity of the human person applies to both […]
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