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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Long-term poverty is more expensive than living on the dole
Long-term poverty will cost significantly more than payment of unemployment benefits writes John Falzon, Chief Executive of the National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia. " It’s easy to blame people for being outside the labour market or on its...
Simple ways to support a ministry close to Vincent’s heart
Vincent was very concerned about the plight of prisoners. So it is quite appropriate for visitors to this site to read about Sr. Nancy Murphy's concrete suggestions for simple things that we can all to support prison ministry retreats. Dear Friends, Alleluia! I hope...
+ Patricia Tryon – Famvin collaborator
I was traveling when I received the sad news and am grateful to Toma in Poland for sharing this beautiful tribute to a very special person and early collaborator in the Famvin project. I can only echo his post and its conclusion... "Patricia! We will miss you!" "It is...
SVDP – There is no magic solution to poverty
The Society of St. Vincent dePaul in Australia presents an effective way to make this point and involve people in their annual Winter Appeal. One video is 30 seconds while the other is a mere 15 seconds.
Daughters of Charity become part of Ascension Health
(St. Louis) March 16, 2012 – Ascension Health Alliance, the parent organization of Ascension Health, and Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), a regional health system with 22 sites, including six hospitals, providing patient care on the California coast, have...
Matthew 25 in an era of mobile devices
Join our online gathering, "Matthew 25 in a era of mobile devices," beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012. For more information visit http://mobile.vinfamily.org/, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. For six weeks a group of trail-blazers have been...
“That Strange Mass the Pope Doesn’t Like”
Perhaps this is an under-reported story in the English-speaking world... An Italian website writes..."With a letter written personally to Cardinal William J. Levada, Benedict XVI has ordered the congregation for the doctrine of the faith to examine whether the...
The budget and competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching
An article in US Catholic raises the question of competing visions of Catholic Social Teaching as reflected in approaches to the national budget. Another article on Faith and Public Life raises the question of priorities in terms of energy expended on various issue...
If Vincent were given a $1,000 to distribute…
Now here's a question! With all the attention paid to the recent winners of the mega-lottery one piece caught my eye. "If you won what would you do?' It prompted this question for visitors to famvin. If Vincent were given $1,000 to by a wealthy benefactor, what would...
Half of Australia’s Homeless are Under 25
Half of Australians seeking help for homelessness are under 25 and almost twenty per cent are under 10, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results, also reveals...
