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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Something’s in the air — Vincentian efforts at systemic change
New York, Indianapolis and London... to list but a few of the Vincentian Family efforts at understanding the underlying cause and moving toward long term solutions for poverty. New York: The Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference at St. John's University,...
Tax Forum should unite community not divide
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is urging participants of this weeks' National Tax Forum to avoid divisive and fruitless arguments over whether we should tax consumption or income, and to focus instead on practical solutions to the challenges of...
DC Inter-provincial Meeting at Kigali-Rwanda Province of Central Africa
The international site  of the Daughters of Charity presents stories of their work in Cnetral Africa. The 6th Inter-Provincial Meeting of the Councils of Eight Provinces of Africa and Madagascar was held from July 8th-18th in the province of Central Africa, Rwanda. At...
Vincentians in parishes
Vincent de Paul was not keen about the involvement of the Congregation of the Mission in parishes. His reluctance to accept them, while by no means an absolute refusal, is evident from the earliest days of the Company until the time of his death. In an article "ON...
A Critical Reading Of The Founders’ Writings
The Spanish website Somos is making available in English a series of insightful articles, the first of which is  "An approach to a critical reading of the founders writings." 1. Knowing the Founders through their writings The first step to a critical reading of the...
Keeping (Fonkose) Clients on the Staircase Out of Poverty
Fonkoze, Zafen's partner in Haiti,  released its 2010 Social Performance Report (pdf), Keeping Our Clients on the Staircase Out of Poverty, an annual self-assessment of Haiti’s leading microfinance institution’s progress toward its social mission. The report...
Oh, to be a student again! See Vincent’s France
DePaul University students have the unique opportunity to learn about St. Vincent de Paul while in Paris and surrounding area March 16-25, 2012. Highlights include: • In Paris—Vincentian Motherhouse, Old SaintLazare, Ste. Marguerite and Les Invalides plus time to...
How Many Slaves Are Working For You?
A new website and mobile app looks at your purchases and determines the amount of forced labor that's gone into everything you own. The number may surprise you. It's not easy to be a socially responsible consumer. Even if you buy mostly local products and diligently...
Understanding a statistic – 21,000 children died today
September 24, 2011 - 21,000 children die every day around the world. That is equivalent to: 1 child dying every 4 seconds 14 children dying every minute A 2011 Libya conflict-scale death toll every day A 2010 Haiti earthquake occurring every 10 days A 2004 Asian...
Catholic academics call for abolition of the death penalty
The following appeal, published by Catholic Moral Theology, calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the USA has already been signed by 160 leading Catholic academics: (Breaking News... Vatican Clarification on Death Penalty) There were two state-sanctioned...
