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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
If Mary and Joseph used Facebook…
IgniterMedia's "A Social Network Christmas" (2010) has received well over 1 million views on various YouTube sites. We post this aware that some will object that it is rushing through Advent. But there are others who are planning Christmas celebrations who would like...
“Struggle Street” vs. “Easy Street” in Australia
In an eerie echo of the way Charles Dickens "The Tale of Two Cities" is playing out across the globe today, the Australian CM site draws attention to a piece entitled "Struggle St vs Easy St - 'no-one knows' how to fix it" "News.com.au's Cost of Living survey, now...
Experiencing the solidarity of Daughters in times of crisis
Sr. Denise LaRock DCoffers a powerful reflection " Precious Life and the 'Triduum' of the Daughters of Charity" that ties together the personal tragedy experienced by her niece's emergency C-Section of twins, Mary and the Daughters of Charity and their worldwide...
Lessons Vincent learned at Clichy
Sometimes there are so many insights in an article it is hard to write a summary. Father José María Villar Suarez wrote such an article about the impact of the more than a decade Vincent spent ministering to the parishioners at Clichy. At one level Father José María...
In the shadow of Niagara Falls
In the shadow of one of the foremost tourist attractions in the USA and Canada poverty is growing daily among the families at the Mount St. Mary’s Neighborhood Health Center in Niagara Falls, NY. It's not confined to a neighborhood, race or family structure. It is...
VIncent dePaul Society in Australia thanks its 50,000 volunteers
"Today the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council would like to thank its Australian volunteers, who number in excess of 50,000, and pay tribute to the selfless efforts of volunteers worldwide. National President Anthony Thornton said International Volunteers Day...
Who knew? – December is Spiritual Literacy Month
December is Spiritual Literacy Month, listed in Chase's Calendar of Events as a month for "promoting respect for and among the world's religions and spiritual traditions by encouraging people to 'read the book of the world' (liber mundi) for sacred meaning." According...
Vincentian Family celebrates across continents and oceans
On Saturday, December 3, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth celebrated the bicentennial of the Congregation with an Opening Ritual. Sisters, Associates, collaborators and all the SCN Family gathered from across the world, some via technology, to celebrate. View...
Acadian Sisters Celebrate Early Beginnings with Sisters of Charity
The Sisters of Charity Federation website reports "Fifty-four French-speaking Acadian sisters travelled here Oct. 23, 2011 to celebrate with the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception (SCIC) at the motherhouse they once shared as a single community. During a...
Celebrating the Immaculate Conception
The feast of the Immaculate Conception has special significance in the Vincentian Family. It marks the formal establishment of the First Confraternity of Charity in 1617; one of the four major feasts chosen by the Society of St. Vincent De Paul in 1834 (Blessed...
