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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
The relevance of the game of Monopoly
Did you know that Monopoly was invented by a Quaker woman to show how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants? James Martin in a piece America magazine called "God's economy" connects the dots. "Unregulated capitalism results in money and power funneling...
Tough CM’s sit on burglar in UK
The Australia CM site posts the following ..."A burglar was nabbed recently at the CM parish of Dunstable, Bedfordshire UK in a scene that could have come straight out of TV's Father Ted — as three Catholic priests (CMs) sat on him in their pyjamas. Cops were...
Deaf Catholics prepare for new missal
The NCR reports that in the U.S., English isn’t the only language into which the new Roman Missal will be translated. Across the country, deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholic communities and their interpreters are preparing for the November changes thanks to free online...
International scam affecting Superior General
From the Curia in Rome...."Someone has been telephoning around, saying he is Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil from India. He is stranded in the Philippines and needs to get to a funeral in Ireland. He is using Father Greg's name, saying he knows him. (The true bishop is a...
DePaul and St. John’s host webinar on Immigration
DePaul University and St. Johns University are co-hosting the Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic’s Immigration Law Reform Conference on Thursday, October 24, from 8:45am to 1:00pm This conference seeks to broaden the conversation about immigration reform, and...
Nobel prize winner celebrates ZAFEN
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus visited DePaul University in Chicago recently & met with members of the Zafèn team visiting from Haiti and Philadelphia. Professor Yunus promoted social businesses, which address social issues, cover their costs, but instead...
DC representation at International Meeting in Bonn
Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: Sr. Catherine, Provincial was pleased to nominate a Sister from the Irish Provence to attend the 64th Annual United...
Nuns and a priest running in China
A Vincentian priest and 52 Chinese nuns are running for the BRICKS Great Wall Appeal, Building a Great Wall of Charity in China, Brick By Brick. The lend new meaning to the possibilities collaboration on the missions. Fr. Joseph Loftus, CM, a self-designated reformed...
Nuns at war!
Catholic Nuns at War, so writes by SISTER JULIE inA nun's life blog. http://anunslife.org/2011/10/11/catholic-nuns-at-war/ A nun cares for a wounded soldier in this detail from a larger Civil War-era print featuring the field ministry of Holy Cross Father P.P. Cooney....
SVDP and Texas wildfires
Sheila Glbert, the President of the SVDP USA writes of the damage done by the Texas wildfires and how you can help the SVDP relieft efforts. Dear Brother and Sister Vincentians, The wildfires that have roared across Texas in the past nine months have caused widespread...
