Summer 2016-17
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Recollections of Christmas
From a white Christmas in Washington, to the darkness of December in London, to midnight Mass in the southern hemisphere—Denis…
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From the President
Christmas is a time of great joy and hope. We celebrate the birth of Jesus in the humblest of beginnings…
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Home + Heart
Making a difference in someone else’s life rarely requires a huge fuss. More often, it is the small gestures that…
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Our collective ache for home
Inequality is not an accident. Nor is it an economic inevitability. It is a political choice. The failure to fight…
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Vinnies profile
Before there was Samaritan House, in Canberra’s north, a group of dedicated people were involved with the running of a…
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More than 730,000 children live in poverty in Australia
Herbert Portanier reflects on a recent home visit in Melbourne’s south-east, where he encountered a harrowing scene of a baby…
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Farewell to a great Vincentian – Maureen Catherine Dunham
Maureen became the first female president of the Northern Territory council in 1987. At her funeral on 17 October at…
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Human frailty and human dignity
I was in prison and you came to visit me. Whatever you did for one of the least of these…
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Shining a light behind closed doors
The members of the St Vincent de Paul Society are exhorted in The Rule to ‘speak on behalf of those…
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Laying the foundations
On the 100th anniversary of Victoria’s Flemington Conference, Gerard English reflects on the legacy handed down by the Society’s forebears.…
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Family Matters launches inaugural report at Parliament House
Family Matters, a coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, peak bodies and academics, launched a report at Canberra’s…
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The power of friendship
The St Vincent de Paul Society’s Compeer friendship program has been matching volunteers with people experiencing social isolation owing to…
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Times past: The Record, March–May 1990
During the 1989 festive season, conferences and centres throughout Australia and New Zealand distributed a total of 2.3 million Christmas…
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Asking for change
by Laura Heffes and Lucy Adams ‘I don’t think there should be any charges or anything else involved because you’re…
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