St. Vincent de Paul and
Daughter of Charity nun, an
women’s religious order “devoted
to serving Jesus Christ in persons
who are poor through corporal and
spiritual works of mercy.”

The rain keeps coming down, although we had a snowy winter and a wet spring. There seems there is not much we can do about the weather except to endure it, report it and mess it up. Climate change caused by human actions have led to some extreme weather conditions and despite lots of talk we are not doing much about it as a community or nation. Climate change reports by scientist say conditions will get more extreme and worst unless we do something about it, besides talk.

It is easy to talk about what’s wrong but when you try to do something about it, even resistance, you are subject to be called negative. That is what happened to me when the central office of St. Vincent de Paul called my email calling for us to be true to the vision of the society ‘negative.’ I tried very hard to be ‘positive’ by suggesting alternatives to establishing a 3.2 million thrift store in the suburbs and even one where we could make a profit by establishing a store in North Central Milwaukee that could used as a thrift store and central office freeing up money by selling the present valuable real estate site of central office. But positive ideas are even called ‘negative’.

Like the weather sometimes we cannot about the weather except be environmentally responsible and helping to create environments that are sustainable. A St. Vincent de Paul thrift store/office on the North Side would not require a major 3.2 million investment but would be a sustainable investment to serve the mission of the Society.

So we cannot control the weather or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul but we can help to create a sustainable environment that will be better for all.

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