Celebrate Frederic Ozanam’s 200th birthday by setting his picture as your phone’s wallpaper. To install: iPhone: View this webpage using your phone, and click on the blue button below that corresponds to your model of iPhone. (Or, simply scan one of the codes below). This will take you to the image of Frederic. Long-press on [...]
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Ministry – stone tablets to tablets
Mobiles – the ultimate electronic tool write the folks at the Internet Evangelism website. Amazing statistic: three-quarters of the world’s population has access to a mobile phone, says a new World Bank study infographic [summary and comment]. And that doesn’t just mean the rich West. Over 70% of sub-Saharan Africans have access to a mobile. There are [...]

TextWeek goes mobile
The Text This Week is a site that’s been around for a while, providing comprehensive resources for lectionary preachers and Church leaders. Clicking on a passage will instantly give you access to commentaries (both ancient and contemporary), prayers, music suggestions, and much more. The Text This Week You can now access all the [...]

FAMVIN goes mobile! (And why)
The English language portion of famvin has just converted to a mobile device format …phones, tablets, etc. (Don’t worry… it still works quite well on a desk top!) Since by the end of 2013 there will be more smartphones surfing the web than there will be PCs and laptops it is necessary for websites to be [...]

Calling all mobiles – CM Mobile website
Aidan Rooney CM offers his revised and simplified CMmobile Site at http://winksite.mobi/cmglobal/reader The site above has links to mobile versions of FamVin CMGlobal VOCESVicentinas Aidan’s tweets BOOKMARK on your mobile phone’s browser Aidan’s CMmobile Site winksite.mobi Related FAMVIN Posts:FAMVIN goes mobile! (And why)Ozanam 200th– Phone WallpaperMinistry – stone tablets to tabletsVincentian site – new [...]

More active mobile connections than humans
The Mobile Moment is Only Months Away – Preparing For the Biggest Number Ever – Yes That Day Is Near: When One Tech Passes Human Population In Size The ultimate number in technology is upon us. Within months, literally, only months now, we will reach the point in time that there are more active mobile [...]

Getting the News in Bolivia – Coping with “slow”
So, here I am, on the Bolivian Altiplano, serving in a Vincentian International mission. I’m on Facebook and I write a blog. We don’t have cable. We don’t have 4G or 3G connections. We have very slow 2G, like most of the rural developing world. In countries like Bolivia, high speed internet is only in [...]

Smartphones Bring Hope, Frustration As Substitute For Computers
A Huffington Post article Smartphones Bring Hope, Frustration As Substitute For Computers states, “When Erick Huerta was growing up in Los Angeles, his family could not afford a computer. His mother sold tamales from a street-side stall, and his father drove a taxi. Huerta and his three sisters were more worried whether their parents could pay [...]

Texting saves children’s lives
A very powerful brief video (link no longer active)draws our attention to an often underappreciated source of social action — not just those at the top, but those in the middle. Separating the new and the scalable from what actually makes an impact, Nancy calls for a culture of doers. She is the CEO and Chief Old [...]

VinMore Pinterest mobile resources
As a part of the Mt 25 in a Digital Era event scheduled for May 5 we gathered a collection of the many ways Pinterest, one of the fastest growing social media platforms, can be used as a resource for Vincentian mobile ministries visit some of the following “boards”… Examples of Mobile in Ministry Hunger: Did [...]
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Plastic shopping bags – sleeping mats for the homeless
May 3, 2013
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Vincentian Service and Mission opportunities
May 18, 2013
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The Pope and the Vincentian Superior General
April 29, 2013
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Mother and Superior General
May 15, 2013
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The Seven Deadly Sins and The Great Gatsby
May 17, 2013
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Singing with the Stars – VFCAP
May 22, 2013
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Farm bill and SNAP alert – SVDP
May 22, 2013
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Mickey McGrath – Vincentian art
May 22, 2013
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Rue duBac through the eyes of VFCAP
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Love them anyway!
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