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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vincentians – USA Immigration Debate
Immigration Debated As people who are often on the front line of serving so many people in all kinds of needs members of the Vincentian Family are committed to BOTH charity and justice . Given the commitment of the Vincentian Family to understanding underlying causes...
Feb. 1 – Martyred Daughters of Charity
The Feast of two Daughters of Charity - Blessed Mary Ann Vaillot DC and Odile Baumgarten DC - is celebrated on February 1.. Both were martyred in France in 1794. They were declared Blessed in Rome on February 19, 1984, by Pope John Paul II as part of a group of...
Ozanam Fund – Raising people from poverty
Ozanam fund hoping that school will help raise people out of povertyOntario's Society of St. Vincent de Paul has launched an education program as it continues to evolve from a purely charitable organization to one that can fundamentally change lives. The Ozanam...
Colin Powell – Kids need structure
How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, asks parents, friends and relatives to support children from before they even get to primary school, through community and a strong sense of...
Vincentians – ordinary people evangelizing
Canadian Vincentian Lynn L'Heureux offers this insight... We are ordinary people called by God as Paul was. We sin, we get angry and we make many mistakes. God, however, is quite extraordinary, and he does extraordinary works with ordinary and imperfect people like...
How do you measure poverty?
Do you wonder how to measure poverty? Do you know how we do it, but have a hard time putting it into simple words? This 3 minute video explains the methodology that we used, how it works and why it is important. Go ahead! Use and share this video! And come to our...
Daughter of Charity featured on Bishops’ site
Sr. Liz Sjoberg, DC is one of three women featured in the Discerning Women video series. Simply told story, beautifully produced. Here is the direct link (http://bcove.me/dixvbe2s) See her in other videos as collected from a search of famvin news stories featuring Sr....
Depaul UK – moving from homelessness
Depaul UK in the North East is delighted to have been awarded £38,000 for a new service which will enable it to help young homeless people move out of homelessness accommodation and into private tenancies. The funding is has been awarded to three projects in the North...
Daughter of Charity at the UN
Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: From the international Site of the Daughters of Charity...At the conclusion of my studies in Chicago, Superiors offered me...
100 people could end world poverty
A startling headline that seems to invite disbelief as well as oversimplification. "The $240 billion net income in 2012 of the richest 100 billionaires would be enough to make extreme poverty history four times over, according a report ‘The cost of inequality: how...
