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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Digital media – the new confessional?
Robert Saler writes of the questions raised by a "... recent post in the Chronicle of Higher Education in which a professor blames social media for the fact that, in his view, current generations of college students share overly intimate details of their lives...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth – immigration reform
SCN Family writes "Communities of Catholic Sisters based in Ohio and Kentucky are calling on President Obama and Congress to work together to enact comprehensive immigration reform and State legislators to refrain from passing laws that would restrict the human rights...
Sisters call for comprehensive immigration reform
The New York and New Jersey members of the Sisters of Charity Federation are inviting all their members and associates to contact legislators and urge comprehensive immigration reform, juxtaposing both the borders we maintain and the realization that the Kingdom of...
100 years, 80 as a Daughter of Charity
Sister Amelia Lenz, DC, who will celebrate her 100th birthday and 80th jubilee as a Daughter of Charity this weekend. Sister Amelia served as a nurse at hospitals in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, and Missouri. She now serves in the Ministry of Prayer. The photo on the...
SVDP Canada – Nicaragua “2012 Pencil Case Project”
The participants in the hugely successful Fourth Annual Pencil Case Project, "To Nicaragua With Love", which included elementary schools in: Hamilton, London, Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, collaborated to send two and half tons of school supplies to Nicaragua....
Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade – Fashion with a difference
Brisbane, Australia - Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade - The annual Vinnies Vintage Fashion Parade and Mini Cent Sale, to be held September 16, is shaping up to be one fashionable affair. Held by the St Vincent de Paul Society's Townsville Diocesan Central Council, all...
LCUSA slate of Officers for 2013-14
During the closing liturgy of the upcoming national assembly, Gayle Johnson of Kansas City will be installed as president of LCUSA for a two year term beginning January 1st, 2013. CANDIDATES Mary Ann Dantuono, the candidate for LCUSA’s president elect, has worked on...
8000 religious against human trafficking
Over 190 religious orders in Australia, representing 8000 religious sisters, brothers and priests stand against trafficking in humans. ACRATH stands for the Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans. ACRATH is committed to working together towards...
ZAFEN – new video for Vincentian Family Haiti Project
Zafèn launched a video campaign today. This quick video explains how Zafèn works. Please feel free to share it. English version http://bit.ly/UrCI2m French: http://bit.ly/PIquz6 Spanish: http://bit.ly/Tmv5KQ Zafèn is a funding source for growing Haitian businesses and...
Vincent’s mantle – Challenge to a new generation
Fr. Tom McKenna would challenge his students ... "Tell me why you'd ever want to help somebody who was repulsive - whom you didn't even know." Put more graphically, "You're walking down Union Turnpike near the University and there in front of you a little crowd is...
