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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Universities – What would Vincent do?
Dennis Holtschneider, writes, "I’ve been asked on various occasions what St. Vincent would think if he were to come back today and see universities run by his priests and brothers. My answer is that I think he would be quite surprised. "It’s not that Vincent was...
Vincentian Pinterest – early “pins” and “pinners”
Visit the early "pinners" Â at the Vincentian Family's Community board. If you are new to Pinterest.. from a post that may have gotten lost over the July 4 holiday... "Some things are easier described with pictures rather than words! Pinterest is one of those things....
Using video to tell the story of the homeless.
Depaul UK is using video to tell the story of homeless youth. Daryl is a film in which he takes us on a tour of where he slept on the street, where he grew up, etc. It is part of a series of about a dozen such films. Visit their Depaul UK YouTube channel so see the...
How cash keeps poor people poor
Now here is something to think about! Time Magazine asks...Want to help the poor? Start by taking money out of their hands. More specifically, cash — coins and paper bills are the silent enemy of the poor, with costs often out of proportion with their day-to-day...
Muslims enter month of praying the rosary, fasting and alms-giving
Rome ReportsTV points out that Ramadan is a spiritual month  include praying the Islamic rosary and calling out 100 different words used to refer to Allah, or God.  More than just abstaining from food, Mustafa Cenap Aydin, director of the Tevere Institute in...
A Daughter of Charity guided by Ita Ford, MM
Amanda writes of the impact of  the martyr Ita Ford MM "I found that house on Westminster Place, paused, and prayed. This was no ordinary former novitiate to me, of which there are plenty in St Louis. This was not just a historical building. It meant something deep to...
Vincentian Marian Youth – 182nd anniversary of apparition
 "Receive my warm and heartfelt greeting on this special day when we celebrate the 182nd anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure and the beginning of the adventure known as the Vincentian Marian Youth Association!" writes...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth confront own history of slavery
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are confronting a grimmer part of their history... the period when slaves worked for them. As they mark their bicentennial the sisters will dedicate a monument to the order’s 19th-century slaves Friday morning next to the cemetery...
UN urges 1% tax on 1,200 billionaires in world
The United Nations, faced with a dearth of donors, pitched a tax on the 1,200 billionaires worldwide billionaires to help raise money for development projects in the world’s poorest nations, according to Bloomberg News Placing a 1 percent levy on “individual wealth...
How to avoid being hacked – tips from GeekMom
A word to the wise to all those who have not yet been hacked...GeekMom of Wired magazine writes.... "If you know anyone with a Yahoo account, there’s a chance you received a strange e-mail from them recently. More than 450,000 username and passwords were compromised...
