Indiana Catholic bishops to participate in 'Poverty Summit' at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Indiana Catholic bishops to participate in 'Poverty Summit' at Notre Dame Indiana Catholic bishops to participate in 'Poverty Summit' at Notre Dame Published: April 22, 2013 Author: Michael O. Garvey All five of the Catholic bishops of Indiana, together with representatives of Catholic institutions statewide, will meet at the University of Notre Dame Friday (April 26) for a day-long conference to explore and recommend new initiatives to reduce poverty and alleviate the suffering it causes. The Indiana Catholic Poverty Summit, sponsored and hosted by Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns, is inspired by Catholic Charities USA’s Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America and the PovertyUSA initiative recently begun by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. In addition to the Catholic bishops, summit participants will include Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, and Sheila Gilbert, president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as well as social service providers from healthcare and educational institutions and Catholic religious orders. According to conference organizers, “It is a moral outrage that so many of our fellow Hoosiers experience the despair of material poverty—currently 16 percent of all state residents and 311,000 or 20 percent of our children. “The Catholic Church is in a unique position to lead the way in eliminating poverty. It has the experience serving the poor, the moral authority, and a Gospel mandate to do so. Catholic Charities and other Catholic social service providers, together with Catholic healthcare, and Catholic education stand on a set of values—embodied in Catholic Social Teaching—that offer a tremendous framework to lead the way in reducing poverty in our state. Although these institutions have their own unique missions, we share this set of values and guiding principles that bind us together.” Contact: John Guimond, guimond.2@nd.edu, 574 631-3209 Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn