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“When Christine Jones (’09C) first came to St. John’s University as a wide-eyed freshman from Oregon, she had never heard of the Vincentian Charism. Six years later, it has come to define her life in an incredible way.” Thus begins an article on the St. John’s University website tracing that journey from university campus, the [...]

Benedict XVI greeted a delegation gathered in Rome that is working to abolish the death penalty. The group included members from Illinois where the death penalty was recently outlawed. View his presentation at RomeReports TV.   Related FAMVIN Posts:Catholic academics call for abolition of the death penaltyVincent dePaul and Saul Alinsky: Community OrganizersBusy Christian’s guide to Church’s Social [...]

Anthony Thornton, President of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, calls for some fresh thinking by going back the basics of the Society. “We really need to think creatively about new forms of coming together as Conferences. We need to be more willing to ask the question, ‘Why not?’ rather than dogmatically asserting that ‘we can’t [...]

The Sister of Charity of Nazareth Family will celebrate their 200th Anniversary!  Hundreds of SCN family members are expected to gather here at Nazareth to mark this amazing milestone. “Today we finalized testing of our link to view our webcast so we are pleased to be able to share it with each of you.  Please know that [...]

Fr. Christopher Jamison connect the dots in a reflection presented at CAFOD (Catholic Overseas Development Agency UK) that leads to rediscovering forgotten truths about a banking industry. Independent Catholic News provides the full text of Fr Christopher Jamison’s lecture Here are some teasers that might intrigue you enough to read the entire presentation Charity begins [...]

Homelessness from A-Z Younger homeless people from the CONNECTION’S  Digital Group TOUCHBASE  have developed an inspiring A_Z series to warn other people about the harsh realities of being homeless.  They have created  ”A-Z” to help educate and prevent other people from becoming homeless. A FOR APPETITE B FOR BUS C FOR COPS D FOR DRINKING E FOR [...]

Pope Benedict XVI called for delegates attending this week’s U.N. climate change conference in South Africa to craft a responsible and credible deal to cut greenhouse gases that takes into account the needs of the poor  writes  Nicole Winfield of the Associated Press An expected 25,000 government officials, lobbyists and scientists will attend the two-week conference that opens Monday [...]

The International Secretariat is launching a campaign to become more financially self-sufficient. COncretely they hope to move from nearly 60% reliance on the Daughters of Charity and the Congregation of the Mission to just 10% over a 25 year period. The full text of the letter co-signed by Fr. Gregory Gay and Yasmine Cajuste, respectively Director General [...]

Sr. Regina Bechtle, SC begins the Sisters of Charity of New York series of reflections on Advent. “The season of Advent challenges us: “Don’t let the bad news get you down, don’t let it cloud your vision. Keep looking around, keep staying awake (Mark). The signs of the reign of God are all around you.  [...]

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