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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Should all Vincentians embrace Twitter, etc.?
It depends! Here are some words of wisdom from a long time Non-profit activist, Jayne Cravens. The primary goal of a nonprofit, NGO, government agency or mother mission-based organization in using Twitter isn't for its messages to go viral (to be retweeted/resent on a...
“Human Costs And Moral Challenges Of A Broken Economy” – U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day Statement
The USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued its traditional statement for Labor Day . It is one of the most forceful statements from the USCCB in a long time. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, the head of the committee notes...
SVDP handout at Madrid Vocation Fair
The Society of St. Vincent dePaul website shares the material distributed at the Vocation Fair during th e recent celebration of World Youth Day. (Click to enlarge) As a historical note it may be worth remembering that initially Vincent did not want to use the letters...
Sisters of Charity New York Collaborate with Spokane Diocese in Guatemala
According to the Sisters of Charity Federation website the New York Sisters of Charity are collaborating with parishioners of the Diocese of Spokane in their their long-standing support of the Mayan Indians in the Highlands of Guatemala. For further details see the...
The daily ingenuity of the world’s poor
Most of the world's newspapers are running features on how to survive in a bad economy. But I have seen no articles on "How to survive on less than $2 a day". Yet over 2.7 billion people in the world live on $2 or less a day. How do they do it? How do they manage to...
Resources for Vincentian Family Day of Prayer 2011
Harvest the fruits of the Jubilee Year! This is the invitation from leaders of the Vincentian Family as we look forward to the Annual Vincentian Family Day of Prayer September 27. Famvin presents this initial resource for planning and personal reflection for this...
Twitter news travels faster than the earthquake!
Lest anyone have any doubt of the new measure for spreading news.... A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia Tuesday afternoon according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tweets began pouring in from D.C. nearly thirty seconds before we felt the quake at our...
President SVDP USA – Call to action!
"National Programs That Serve Those in Need are At Risk" - Joe Flannigan, National President SVDP USA, reminds Vincentians that Congress is in recess until September 7 and their senators and representatives are back home. When they return to Washington, they will...
Early holy card of Rosalie Rendu
Rosalie was Frederic Ozanam's mentor so members of the Vincent dePaul Society as well as Daughters of Charity might be interested in the recent acquisition of an early holy card by the Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University. It depicts her in an incident during...
Labor Day (USA) – more than the end of summer!
For Vincentians Labor Day can and should be a call to justice. Labor Day - "a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. (US Department of Labor)" There is a powerful poignancy about...
