Chapter 6

An Overview of Poverty

An Overview of Poverty

An Overview of Poverty

An Overview of Poverty

The Bible and Poverty

The Bible and Poverty

Parableof
ofLazarus
the Richand the
Parable
Young
Man
Parable
Rich
Manof the Rich Fool
Parable of the Sheep and
Goats

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The Scandal of World Hunger

The Scandal of World Hunger

Income share
Percentage of income received by
the 20 per cent of households with
Under-five mortality rate
the highest income and by the 40
Probability of dying between birth
per cent of households with the
and exactly five years of age
lowest income.
expressed per 1,000 live births.
Life expectancy at birth
Infant mortality rate
Adult literacy rate
The number of years
Probability of dying
Percentage of persons between birth and
newborn children would live
aged 15 and over who exactly one year of
if subject to the mortality
can read and write.
risks prevailing for the
age expressed per
cross-section of population
1,000 live births.
GNI per capita
at the time of their birth.
Gross national income (GNI) is the
sum of value added by all resident Net primary school enrolment/attendance
producers plus any product taxes Derived from net primary school enrolment rates
(less subsidies) not included in the as reported by UNESCO/UIS (UNESCO Institute
valuation of output plus net receipts of Statistics) and from national household survey
of primary income (compensation reports of attendance at primary school.
of employees and property income)
The Scandal of World Hunger
from abroad.

The Scandal of World Hunger

The Scandal of World Hunger

Working to End Poverty

Matthews Closet is a diocesanparish

supported clothing ministry of Corpus Christi
Church in the Diocese of Rochester, New York
whose mission is to provide clothing to those
in need without regard to their ability to pay.
During a recent year they distributed
approximately 24,000 articles of clothing,
bedding and housewares to some 3,500 men,
women and children.

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CRS Rice Bowl

Rice Bowl asks us

CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic to:
Relief Services Lenten
faith-in-action program for
parishes, schools and
families. The program
invites Catholics to live in
solidarity with our poorest
and most vulnerable
brothers and sisters
through the three Lenten
pillars of praying, fasting,
and almsgiving.

Praytodeepen our
relationship with God and
reflect on what type of
person He calls us to be.
Fastto remove the
things that get
between us and God
and to live in
solidarity with those in
need.almsto our
Give
brothers and sisters in
need, honoring Jesus
call to serve our
neighbors.

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