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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
FAMVIN’s “best kept secret”
Famvin is much more than news! Need formation resources? VinFormation, a website within famvin, has lots of goodies. But it has been hidden in plain sight with a link to "Formation" towards the top of every FamVin page. VinFormation has prepared a list of links...
Four goes into one – DC archives
The Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise Archives now has a blog to go along with our Facebook page and website! Website: http://www.daughtersofcharity.org/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/dcarchives Blog: http://dcarchives.wordpress.com This is an exciting time for...
Vatican’s Publishing House signs agreement with Apple
(Romereports.com) The Vatican's Publishing House is taking a step forward in the tech world. Most recently it signed an agreement with Apple, allowing it to post the Pope's books in electronic format. One of the Pope's books titled "Man in Prayer," is already...
15 years since the beatification of Frederic Ozanam.
The international site of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul writes... Pope John Paul II during the audience he was gracious enough to give on April 27 th 1983 to the Vincentians from all over the world who came to Rome for the celebrating marking a century and a half...
Church lags in Social Media oversight
ABPnews writes... "Churches without policies governing online activity risk embarrassment, or worse. Sheryl Fancher likes to tell social media nightmare stories that make ministers cringe. Like the one about a pastor who posted derogatory remarks about church members...
Vincentian roots of Jesuit Saint
Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago, Chile said 20th century saint Alberto Hurtado's example of devotion, love and sacrifice rooted in Christ inspires Catholics to transform their lives. Readers of famvin may recall an article that traces the Vincentian roots of...
Vincentian artist explains his work
Bro. Mark Elder, CM writes.... "Finally after 3 summer sessions, I finished a rather large public mural in Germantown of Philadelphia. The color is bright and those of you who know Germantown…it’s by choice. It’s called ‘St. Vincent’s Orchard’. Please give a look at...
The Contradiction of Vocation: Choosing to Stay
"She said something that I immediately wrote down and knew that I had to write a blog entry about it. "It's definitely a hard thing for people to understand. Mission work or religious life. We have extremely low and challenging moments, but it's something we freely...
Basic reading – Understanding the Church and Money
In an exceptionally revealing fashion John Allen moves beyond myths and provides facts and context of the Church and Money as well as the religious state of the world today. What is the financial footprint of the Church in the USA? How much money do the Bishops...
US Bishops offer facts and insights into poverty
Catholics can learn about the state of poverty in the United States and concrete ways they can make a difference at a new website from the the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The site, www.povertyusa.org, was launched August 15 and offers tools and...
