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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
The Rush to Abandon the Poor
The state with the country’s worst health care record just happens to have a governor who has been the loudest voice against national efforts to improve it. According to a New York Times editorial entitled "The Rush to Abandon the Poor", "A quarter of the residents...
RomeReports video – Vincentian Pier Georgio Frassati
(Romereports.com) He was young and athletic. Loved skiing and going out with friends. He also tried to improve society through politics. This is the story of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was named an intercessor of WYD 2013. He was born in Turin back in 1901....
Louise worked with the material given her
"I use the following comparison: Vincent and Louise were two sculptors who utilized in their work the materials that had been given to them: marble, wood, iron, polyester, plastic, etc. They found that the styles had already been defined: classical, baroque,...
The last Daughter of Charity in Nevada
She was the one they left behind… "Who hurts more—the one leaving or the one left behind? Or, better said—which is sadder, to leave or to be left?" Gerogia Hedrick continues, I don’t even pretend to know the answer to either of the above questions. But I do know one...
Traditionalists reject Vatican proposal
(Romereports.com) The Society of St. Pius X has posted a document in regards to whether it will be in full communion with Rome, or not. The tone of the document is quite dry. Even though the traditionalist group doesn't give an explicit 'no' in the letter,...
Sister of Charity (Nazareth) working with Muslim community
Sister Ann Moyalan, SCN has been working at the grass roots level in India for 28 years and at present is working with a Muslim community in one of the slums in Delhi, India. https://vimeo.com/10748186 SCN Family Ministries in India include: Twenty schools, including...
The SVDP difference – “We go to the poor”
Welcome to the SVDP Rockville Center YouTube page! This is our new agency video highlighting the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul on Long Island. Please visit our website at www.svdprvc.org to learn more about our programs and services and how you can get...
A week in the life of Director of Vincentian Food Pantry
The Director of the St. John's Bread and Life Center featured in Huffington Post series Food Informants , a week-in-the-life series profiling fascinating people in the food world. We hope it will give you a first-hand look at the many different corners of the food...
Catholic NGO brings education where roads can’t reach
Romereports.com “Bringing education to where the asphalt ends” is the motto of 'Faith and Joy', an educational movement that since 1955 has provided training to adults who for one reason or another weren't able to complete their education. An incredible story. It was...
SVDP – world leader in matress recycling – for the poor
The Huffington Post writes... "When it comes to finding ways to support its impoverished clients, one nonprofit is leaving no corner unturned. The St. Vincent de Paul Society, an organization that feeds and houses the poor, is the world leader in mattress recycling, a...
