by Beth | Oct 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Berrett-Koehler Publishers offer an excerpt of book that should be of interest to followers of Vincent for at least two reasons.Among the reasons for interest would be a) Vincent was a master at involving others in the service of the poor. b) Most of the institutional...
by Beth | Oct 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death.The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It protected them from catching the disease only about 30 percent...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
AUSTRALIA, October 15, 2004 (growthfetish.com): “For decades our political leaders have touted higher incomes as the way to better lives for us all. But after years of sustained economic growth, we must confront an awful fact: we aren’t any happier....
by Beth | Oct 15, 2004 | Vincentian Family
Shaun McCarty ST has graciously allowed famvin.org to re-publish his 1979 biography of Frederic entitled ” A Layman for Now”. It remains one of the best short pieces on Frederic.There are two very fine “Examens of Conscience” at the end>...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2004 | Church
A number of followers of Vincent and Louise have noted that there are some very strong Vincentian themes in the recent Apostolic Letter on the Year of the Eucharist which began this October and runs through next October. Vincent and the Year of the Eucharist Concern...
