by John Freund, CM | Jan 1, 2012 | News
How many ways can you say Happy New Year? Here is a link to learn how many ways there are. Test out how many you know. If you know more than ten click on the comment link and tell us which ones you know.
by John Freund, CM | Sep 21, 2011 | News, Technology: Issues and Uses
Some facts… “Some 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages. People’s preferences….The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project asked those texters in a survey how...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 23, 2011 | Disasters and Responses, News
Lest anyone have any doubt of the new measure for spreading news…. A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia Tuesday afternoon according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tweets began pouring in from D.C. nearly thirty seconds before we felt the quake at our...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2011 | News
This weekend the people of Canada and the United States celebrated Canada Day and Independence Day respectively. Â Today the liturgy speaks to us… “”today we rededicate ourselves to your service, and to the works of justice and freedom for all. As you...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 21, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, News
Famvin has just received the text of the homily by Fr. Patrick Griffin at the Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Sr. Marguerite Rutan, Monday, June 20, 2011. Father Griffin is the Current Director General of the Daughters of Charity and a former...
by Beth | Feb 10, 2011 | News, Vincentian Family
A delegation of leading community and welfare groups, including the St Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Social Services, has arrived in Canberra, Australia, to urge the Federal Parliament to include them in the decision making process in the response to the...