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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Social media – Fast and furious or slow, steady
Social media can reduce activism to a fad-- something that we take part in because a particular Twitter hashtag is trending, a video has become viral, or a Facebook Cause has become popular. It can ignore the hard work that has been taking place over decades and...
Sisters of Charity – Hope behind bars
For the past four years, Rena Fernandes, SCN, has been taking concrete steps in reaching out to the women inmates of the Central Jail in Gaya on a regular basis. With a lot of enthusiasm, she went forward to look for possibilities to help these women. Initial contacts...
Vatican hopes Apple will spread Pope’s message
The Vatican has teamed up with Apple to develop new hi-tech methods for communicating the works of Pope Benedict XVI to the world. “It represents an enormous step on the international stage because, as you know, internet goes beyond space and time,” said Father...
St. John Gabriel Perboyre – What shaped him?
What went on inside this genuinely holy man? How did he see God? How did he look at his mission? What was his attitude toward those around him? What shape did his prayer-life take? Fr. Robert Maloney, CM offers food for thought on his feast Sept. 11, the anniversary...
The Heart of Vincentian Higher Education
The Adamson University September issues presents "The Heart of Vincentian Higher Education" by Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM 16 July 2012 He delivered this presentation on the occasion of an Academic Convocation Celebrating Adamson University’s 80th Anniversary and the...
CM University President exhibits his Vincentian photos
For the fourth consecutive year, Fr. Bañaga, CM—who is also a photographer since his youth—mounted a photo exhibit entitled, In the Footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul. The show features his photographs from different places in France where St. Vincent spent his life and...
9/11: What have we learned?
On September 11, 2001, the unthinkable happened to those of us who live in the United States. That day and the days that followed are forever etched in our memories. During that time, we learned so many things we wish we could forget. But even in the darkest moments, light emerged, and we began to learn some powerful truths.
Beirut, Lebanon is in our (DC) Backyard
"Beirut, Lebanon is in our Backyard" writes Sr. Denise LaRock, DC. "In June, I had the privilege of visiting Lebanon for an international meeting. As we drove onto the compound where the Daughters of Charity and Vincentians serve, a statue of St. Catherine Laboure...
The working homeless (Invisible People video)
Wanda is what's known as the "working poor". She rides three buses - a two and a half hour ride - just to get to her job every day. But she is grateful to have a job. And she is living in a shelter. Wanda never imagined she's be homeless at 59. Her husband has serious...
SCN – Sewing Partners of Belize
Sewing Partners of Belize:From Paschal Maria Fernicola, SCN: "August 23rd, our Las Flores sewing co-op decided unanimously to join a country-wide organization of sewing groups, directed by Pedro and Maria Perez of the Christian Sewing Partners of Belize, a branch of...
