FAMVIN News

This video was created by the youth committee of the Capital Campaign for Daybreak, a project of Depaul USA, in order to raise awareness about homelessness in Bibb County. Depaul USA’s mission is to offer homeless and disadvantaged people the opportunity to fulfill their potential and move towards an independent and positive future. Everyone should [...]

The NGO of Congregation of the Mission and Daughters of Charity reports on a victory for domestic workers. Domestic workers, people who work in other people’s homes in order to support themselves and their families, are extremely vulnerable because they work away from public scrutiny and government oversight. Their employers have total control over all of their work conditions. All too [...]

The Daughters of Charity share their insights on this among the many new features on Daughters of Charity international site. Other features include video of the work of the Daughters of Charity in both Texas and Mexico with immigrants, a report on a national gathering of Vincentian Marian Youth at Lyon focusing on meeting the Homeless [...]

The Daughters of Charity Health System plans to usher in its 10th anniversary year this month with a celebratory Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Seton Provincialate. With six hospitals along the coast of California, DCHS embraces its mission of caring for the sick and those living in poverty. Until 1995, the Daughters of [...]

The time was 1990, when little was known about HIV/AIDS . Sr. Maureen Skelly, a Sister of Charity – Halifax, was a spiritual director on the staff of Mount Manresa, the Jesuit retreat house on Staten Island. Even though many wrongly feared that they would catch HIV/AIDS just by being with someone who had it, Sr. [...]

Homeless Action Week in Great Britain provides an example of systemic change and ecumenical collaboration in addressing homelessness. Daily posts of resources on its website Breaking Barriers draw attention to the issues of homelessness. Our world is filled with barriers between people. Barriers that prevent us from understanding one another. They are created by unfair [...]

 The Pope writes, “Migrants are not only recipients but are also witnesses of proclaiming the Gospel in the contemporary world” “Today we celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Millions of people are involved in the phenomenon of migration, but they are not numbers! They are men and women, children, the young and the old [...]

Seton Cove Spirituality Center models one approach with its Thursday Luncheon Program for Seton employees, “The Five Vincentian Virtues: A Context for Living” Thursday Vincent DePaul Luncheon identifies five virtues that are characteristic of his spirituality:  simplicity, humility meekness, mortification and zeal for souls.  He says, “They are the five smooth stones by which we might [...]

Under the headline “Catholic sisters collect food to celebrate consecrated life”  a western Pennsylvania newspaper writes “ To prepare for the celebration of  World Day for Consecrated Life on Feb. 5, participating sisters will host food drives at their respective locations. Not only will the collected items be distributed in each specific locale, but donors will be [...]

British bishops plan to use the 2012 London Olympic Games to renew interest in the Catholic faith, with initiatives ranging from fighting human trafficking and homelessness to promoting youth ministry and ecumenical dialogue. The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is also preparing resources for liturgies and holy hours and will post them on the [...]