homelessness

Home thoughts from the Bible: Introduction

February 12, 2018

The story the bible tells begins with the making of home. Scholars often note how Genesis 1 and 2 depict God crafting an ordered universe out of chaos as a...

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“Declare a housing emergency,” says McVerry

November 29, 2017

Peter McVerry SJ has called on the Taoiseach to declare a housing emergency. He says: "We are beyond crisis"

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Government officials are “Dickensian” on homelessness – McVerry

November 17, 2017

The government's attitude to homelessness is "Dickensian", says Peter McVerry; they blame homeless people rather than recognise the failure of their own policies

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The ‘normalcy’ of homelessness

November 16, 2017

KEVIN HARGADEN :: The recent spate of harsh language around homelessness expresses a dangerous trend in our society. This is something Christians should be furious about.

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Scoil Iognáid pupils – ethos in action

December 15, 2016

Pupils in Scoil Iognáid have been making the headlines on foot of their novel fundraising campaign to help the homeless

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‘We must regain our outrage’

March 2, 2016

Peter McVerry SJ says we must regain our outrage and make it felt, if we as a society are to have any hope of effectively tackling the issue of homelessness...

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Housing policy a disaster – JCFJ

February 23, 2016

Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says latest statistics on family homelessness are a shocking indictment of current housing policy.

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Make housing key election issue

February 2, 2016

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is calling on all candidates and voters in the forthcoming General Election to make housing and homelessness key issues in the campaign.

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Housing is a ‘sacred right’

June 3, 2015

'Homelessness is worse now than at any time in recent memory' says Peter McVerry SJ in the latest issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith...

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