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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Impact of a 19 year old’s decision 200 years ago
The two centuries of service began with a decision by a 19 year old Catherine Spalding. Arthur Jones of NCR writes, "Dec. 1 will be 200 years to the day since 19-year-old, Maryland-born Catherine Spalding and her five friends responded to a call from Sulpician Fr....
VIncent’s humble way of acting
The words of Vincent's secretary, Brother Robineau invite us to deeper reflection on the manner in which Vincent practiced humility. Here In part two Juan Corpus Delgado CM presents Vincent de Paul, a humble man, from five different perspectives: Vincent recognized...
Sisters of Charity Federation at 65
At 65 they show no signs of settling for retirement! Founded October 27, 1947 the Sisters of Charity Federation: is made up of 11 congregations of Sisters of Charity + 2 provinces of Daughters of Charity from the U.S. and Canada has a character and spirit in the...
Vincent’s Footsteps
Update to "Pictures at an exhibition" post “In the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul” is an exhibit featuring photographs by Fr. Gregg Bañaga, Jr., CM. The pictures are now available with appropriate titles and captions. For the fourth consecutive year, Fr. Bañaga,...
Centennial Medal Presentation: Daughters of Charity
The Catholic Charities USA Board of Trustees is honored to present a Centennial Medal to the Daughters of Charity in recognition of its commitment to the mission of Catholic Charities to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures,...
Ten ways Catholics can enter into the Year of Faith
The CatholicSpirit Website offers Ten ways Catholics can enter into the Year of Faith The list complements suggestions that can also be found in Archbishop John Nienstedt’s pastoral letter on the new evangelization. The letter is inserted inside this issue of The...
Vinnies backs call for debate on banks profits
The Catholic Weekly of Australia writes, "A call last week by the Reserve Bank of Australia for a national debate regarding Australia’s banks and bank profits has been welcomed by church welfare agencies. The Chief Executive of the St Vincent de Paul Society national...
Staggering Statistics of the Mobile Web
Mobile web use is increasing by leaps and bounds. It can be quite difficult for web designers to keep up, since "Responsive Design" (building websites that look good on all sorts of screens) is still an emerging technology. FAMVIN is a communication vehicle for the...
How to make an SVDP training video
Blase Bova , Director of Operations at St. Vincent de Paul Society Phoenix, Arizona writes, "Here's a great way to make SVdP tutorials with a smartphone!" He continues with 9 other steps to use an application call Snapguide to quickly put together a guide. Obviously...
Theological Ghettos and Social Networking?
Theological Ghettos and Social Networking? - Choices made for us can be limiting of what we are exposed to. Google, for one, doesn’t produce the same search results for each person. It collects all sorts of information about you from your location and previous...
