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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
WYD Rio 2013 will welcome Benedict XVI on the beach in Copacabana
According to Romereports, "For World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of young people will welcome Benedict XVI on Brazil's famous Copacabana Beach. There on Tuesday July 23, 2013 the pope will hold the first ceremony for the meeting of Catholic youth. It will...
US – second highest child poverty rates in developed world
The website ThinkProgress writes that according to a new report from the Office of Research at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the developed world. Of the 35 wealthy countries studied by UNICEF,...
Bishop’s meeting in Atlanta to be live-streamed
The public sessions of the annual Spring General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Atlanta will be available through streaming video online, USCCB’s social media presence on Facebook and Twitter and via satellite for stations wishing to...
Roundup from Sisters of Charity Nazareth Office of Global Ministries
The Sisters of Charity Nazareth Office of Global Ministries offers an overview of a very busy week for social ministries. These weekly summaries are in the spirit of the SCN Family which is committed to social ministry that includes charity and systemic change. The...
Prayers requested for former spiritual advisor to SVDP Canada
A request from Ed Keane of the SVDP - Monsignor André Drouin, former Spiritual Advisor of the National Council, current member of the Spirituality Committee and Spiritual Advisor to the Ottawa Central Council, is hospitalized in Ottawa with what is reported to be...
Elizabeth the first Spiritual Director
The founder of Busted Halo and author of Googling God, Mike Hayes, has a very insightful post on Elizabeth as the first Spiritual Director as a way of celebrating the feast of the Visitation. He writes, "Today is the feast of the Visitation, where Mary travels to meet...
YouTube launches Human RIghts channel
The Huffington Post writes... "Gone are the days when YouTube simply served as a portal for viral videos that are entertaining and cute -- but not much more. "After effectively offering a soundboard to Egypt’s revolutionaries and educating 90 million-plus people about...
Systemic Change resources on VinFormation
The VinFormation segment of the famvin project offer this partial list of Vincentian resources for Systemic Change Systemic Change Projects (North America) Vincentian Family History With Systemic Change Method of Transforming Projects Into Systemic Change Systemic...
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka (January 1, 1874 – May 30, 1904)
Sister Anna Brzęk, Visitatrice of the Daughters of Charity of the Province of Krakow presented “Blessed Sister Marta Wiecka and the Eucharist.” This presentation showed that Sister Marta loved Jesus hidden in the Eucharist and at the same time, Jesus hidden in those...
You win some and love some – Vinnies in Australia
Sometimes things go in favour of Vinnies and their work, but sometimes not ! writes the Australian CM site. "The two stories below, recently published in the media on May 28, illustrate this: "Who said there was no competition between the big four banks? The chief...
