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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Video interview of Sr. Elisabeth Charpy, DC
Famvin is proud to present rare opportunity to view a video of Sr. Louise Sullivan, DC interviewing Sr. Elisabeth Charpy, DC about the life and works of St. Louise de Marillac. Sr. Elisabeth has inspired generations of Daughters of Charity and researchers such as...
Cost of feeding the hungry at record levels
The cost of feeding the hungry has risen to record levels according to the World Food Programme. The causes and the effects of the current high food prices are diverse. To help you get a grasp of what it all means, here are the answers to 10 key questions. There is...
Advertising Age – What Nuns can teach about Social Media
An article in Advertising Age writes about "men and women of the cloth who happen to code and tweet and do quite a bit of outreach through social networks peppering you with tough questions about proper social media editorial strategy." ... "I found it a refreshing...
Steelers, Belize, Nazareth Sisters of Charity
Steeler Nation recently put down roots more than 3,000 miles south of Pittsburgh in the Central American city of Belize when a home was built for a needy family through the efforts of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The home is painted a bold yellow with black...
Sister Helen Prejean Donates Archives to DePaul University
Sister Helen Prejean, a leading national voice for abolishing capital punishment, announced Feb. 9 that she is donating her personal archives to DePaul University. Her archives include personal journals, notes from meetings, letters, speeches and other artifacts...
AIC International innovations 2010
Laurence de la Brosse, International President of the AIC (known as the Ladies of Charity in the USA) presents the innovations made by AIC volunteers around the world during the 350th Jubilee Year. The publication can be downloaded as a PDF document visiting the...
Vinnies – Cut tax breaks, not essential services
A delegation of leading community and welfare groups, including the St Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Social Services, has arrived in Canberra, Australia, to urge the Federal Parliament to include them in the decision making process in the response to the...
Systemic change – Indianapolis experiment
Could systemic change work in Indianapolis? This was the question Len Murray asked after he finished reading Seeds of Hope. "The list of successes is a strong testimony. One element that kept reoccurring in my mind was that the organization worked within a well...
CM speechless after Cyclone Yasi hits Australia
Of this Category 5 Cyclone which would have covered almost the entire US as shown in the graphic, Fr. Glenn Humphreys, CM writes..."I have never endured anything like it (Category 5 Cyclone which would have covered the entire US as shown in the graphic) and for me...
What can a woman do? Lessons from history!
Mother Xavier Ross (1813-1895), a convert who brought the Sisters of Charity (Leavenworth) to the West and established a whole network of institutions from New Mexico to Montana. And to think her own father asked her, "What can a woman do?" Historian Pat McNamara...
