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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Archbishop of Dublin lauds the SVDP at international meeting
"The society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Ireland enjoys a remarkable reputation and is one of the organizations in the Church which has totally maintained its credibility even in the face of scandals in the Church and has continued to elicit generosity...
Who knew? – Jesus ranks 1-2 on Facebook
According to the Unofficial All Facebook page the top two most engaging pages focus on Jesus beating out Justin Bieber in third. "While Jesus Daily has only recently began seeing substantial weekly growth increases in total number of fans, its interactivity total went...
350th Jubilee Year – Retrospective
How did the Vincentian Family celebrate the 350th anniversary of the deaths of Vincent and Louise? The international site of the Congregation of the Mission offers a retrospective view of the worldwide celebrations of the 350th anniversaries of the deaths of Vincent...
Historic live streaming of Miraculous Medal Novena
In a first, the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal will be streaming live at 9am each day of the Miraculous Medal "Novena of Hope" starting June 13th and continuing until the 21st. The services will be archived for viewing at www.miraculousmedal.org. "The...
Vincentian Pentecost Reflections
As we celebrate the feast of Pentecost the Vincentian Encyclopedia offers Vincentian reflections for each of the years in the liturgical cycle. Pentecost Sunday, Year A Pentecost signals Vincentian mission. May they multiply, those who go. And may they also, like...
Daughters of Charity activity at the UN
For an overview of recent their activities visit the Daughters UN-NGO page. Of particular note is a post about their "Interventions" at official meetings of the UN SInce January, 2011.
Short-term assignments for tech volunteers
There are a variety of ways for nonprofits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), schools, government agencies and other mission-based organizations to involve volunteers to help with short-term projects relating to computers and the Internet, and short-term...
Looking for free or low cost computers?
A general good source for all things tech is www.techsoup.org. They are the donation "portal" for the software and hardware industries. A blogger writes..."As a Catholic religious order fundraiser I often use them for donations of software." While some companies will...
Talking About Vocations
Dana Hinton sits down with Sisters of Charity of Nazareth vocation director, Nancy Gerth, SCN, to talk about feelings of being called to grow in a relationship with God as a woman religious, prayer as an important part of life, and other aspects of vocation today. To...
Newly translated insights into St. Louise
Louise was profoundly affected by her Light of Pentecost experience. At this time of year the Vincentian Encyclopedia would like to draw attention to some newly translated material about Louise that provides insights that may be a surprise to some. The faith of Saint...
