FAMVIN News

DENVER, COLO., May 16 (CNA) .- On the heels of its widely-popular “The Journey of Moses” Facebook game, Lightside Games is venturing into historic territory by creating the first-ever video game based on the life of Jesus.   “There’s stories that need to be told in games,” Brent Dusing told CNA May 9, “and there’s not a lot [...]

The CEO of Canada’s Salt + Light Catholic Media, Fr. Rosica’s address at De Paul University, Chicago during World Catholicism Week 2012 was entitled Making TIme for God. ” Look to the lives of the saints and blesseds who made room for God, who loved Christ and imitated him, and who allowed us to glimpse moments of heaven [...]

Here is a source to check out for Vincentian Family presence in social media. Scroll through the page to see links to live feeds for FamVin.org Project Facebook pages, Twitter, You Tube Channels  and Pinterest, as well as other Vincentian Family branches on Facebook and Twitter. The list is by no means complete but it [...]

Fr Chris Ryan MGL  reflects on “What Would Thomas Merton Have Thought of Facebook? On Being Unplugged in a Digital Age” “I would have really liked to have gone to the recent Catholic Media Conference which took place in Sydney last week, but a few different commitments made that impossible.  I’ve heard a few reports from [...]

Launching an exhibit on the life of Blessed Frederic Ozanam at Pope Pius XII Catholic Center, UN Avenue, Manila the SVDP Philippines Facebook page has posted 50 photos. Visit their main Facebook page.   Related FAMVIN Posts:Vincentian who advised Pope Leo XIII is beatifiedSVDP Facebook Treasure HuntThe surprising and still relevant Frederic OzanamContrasting approaches to [...]

Creative approach to fund raising… Ahoy Matey! Each month one lucky fan on Facebook who posts an image and comment of their found treasures purchased at St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store will win a $25 gift card Find Us On Facebook Here You could also win a $25 Gift Card for commenting on one [...]

In the category of “Thank God for Social Media” Communicate Jesus website shares these two heart-warming stories of forgiveness have one element in common – Facebook. 1. Guantanamo guard forgiven by ex-inmates Brandon Neely was a prison guard for the United States military at Guantanamo Bay. After leaving the military to become a police officer, Neely was [...]

Meredith Gould offers this contemporary take on Saint Teresa of Avila’s well-known prayer, Christ Has No Body. For your consideration and contemplation: Christ Has No Online Presence but Yours “Christ has no online presence but yours, No blog, no Facebook page but yours, Yours are the tweets through which love touches this world, Yours are the [...]

The Daughters of Charity International Project Services (DCIPS) has updated their Facebook albums.  They are a nonprofit service organization established in 2004 to help the Sisters who minister in impoverished areas of the world acquire financial resources necessary to initiate projects, build capacity and develop sustainability. The projects emerge from the local people and the Daughters living [...]

IgniterMedia’s “A Social Network Christmas” (2010) has received well over 1 million views on various YouTube sites. We post this aware that some will object that it is rushing through Advent. But there are others who are planning Christmas celebrations who would like to have the link at this point in their planning and as [...]