Poverty

volunteers at a food bank preparing food bags for the poor.

Care for the Poor

Kyle Kramer November 8, 2024

Being present to the poor through friendship, solidarity, and service isn’t just a helpful set of moral principles.

Sister Pat Madden poses in an undated photo before a wall covered with welcome signs given by clients to the Sisters of St. Joseph Welcome Center in Philadelphia. The center offers in-person and online courses in literacy and citizenship and is accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to assist immigrants with the naturalization process. Some 58 volunteer teachers work with more than 150 students. (OSV News photo/Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report)

Philadelphia’s St. Joseph Center serves immigrants, is ‘ready for any good work’

OSV News November 8, 2024

More than 20 years ago, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia were dreaming of a way to help the many Albanian and other East European immigrants who were moving to the area.

Wedded to Lady Poverty

Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing August 20, 2024

As the story of Francis progresses, it becomes evident that the true religion here means gospel poverty, the poverty of the poor Christ.

Statue of St. Francis | Image by Robert Cheaib from Pixabay

St. Francis and Lady Poverty

Murray Bodo, OFM March 6, 2024

Reflecting on how Francis and the brothers honored Lady Poverty has helped me to see how they lived their walking in the footsteps of Christ.

To See and to Soothe

Daniel Imwalle February 12, 2024

When you think of the poor, is it someone unknown to you in a faraway land? That may be true, but that kind of thinking also puts a buffer between ourselves and those in need.