There are no Poverty Conferences scheduled at this time. Please, visit our conference archive to find information about our previous conferences.
There are no Poverty Conferences scheduled at this time. Please, visit our conference archive to find information about our previous conferences.
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"As a Fellow I will continue to sensitize my students to how extreme poverty results in populations being subject to disease. Presently, I begin each class by reading brief sections of "The End of Poverty."
Catholic universities will be particularly attentive to the poorest and to those who suffer economic, social, cultural or religious injustice. This responsibility begins within the academic community but it also finds application beyond it.
Pope John Paul II, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (40)
Margaret John Kelly, D.C., Executive Director
Vincentian Center for Church and Society † Vincentian Chair of Social Justice
St. Vincent's Hall, Room B02
St. John’s University
8000 Utopia Parkway Queens, NY 11439
Tel (718) 990-1612 † Fax (718) 990-1901
vccs@stjohns.edu