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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
From “setbacks” to “blessings”
Each year Lynn L’Heureux, Special needs co-coordinator & Advisor of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Calgary Alberta Canada, and her husband look forward to delivering Christmas hampers or baskets for those who fall through the cracks at Christmas. This year she...
Daughters of Charity merge 3 provinces (Spain)
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012 Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity Sister Evelyne Franc and the General Council appointed S.Pilar Rendón DC a first Visitatrix of the new Province of Spain South.  The new province results from merging three of nine...
FAMVIN top ten searches
Among the top 2012 searches on the various sites of the FAMVIN project... Most popular Vincentian posts on Famvin News    Searching for quotations St. Vincent quotes    Searching for information on the Vincentian Family Vincentian Family Calendar Vincentian...
“Band of Sisters” trailer
Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given...
Leadership – Sisters of Charity Seton Hill
The Winter 2012 issue of Celebration is online now! It contains profiles of their leadership team. Also read about the events of 2012 that had great significance for the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. December_2012_Winter_Celebration_for_web
Mission as a Sacred Trust: Past, Present, Future
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati offer a video response to the question "What is the Charity Mission?" Reviewing quickly their roots in Vincent, Elizabeth Seton and the early Sisters of Charity they present a quick tour of their heritage and conclude saying...
Pray tiny bit more in the Year of Faith
Looking for a simple way to deepen prayer in the coming year? "Pray just a tiny bit more." This guest post from Susan Stabile offers an example of a simple  way of building on things that are already a pattern in our lives. In this case it is as simple asmaking it a...
World Day of Peace
World Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a feast day dedicated to peace  celebrated on January 1, on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. It was introduced in 1967 and inspired by the encyclicals Pacem in Terris and Populorum...
2012 – Reflections of a translator
 Reflections of a Translator: End of the Year Reflections At this time of the year the various media outlets look back at the events that occurred during the past twelve months and highlight the most outstanding happenings. Therefore let me, as a translator, engage...
Social Media 2013 – Context for Evangelization
We are called to make this a Year of Faith and Evangelization. As we move through the coming months we need to keep in mind the new market place (Acts 17:22-31)Â with all the challenges and opportunities of "right now, right here" . In each of recent years Erik Qualman...