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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vatican document on the role of the business leader
(Romereports.com - video) In light of the economic crisis, for the first time the Vatican has given very specific recommendations in the document Vocation of business leader (PDF) Those who helped to write it say the recent economic turmoil was the turning point that...
Major revision – International Daughters of Charity website
Updates and Upgrades˜
On June 15, 2012, Â the Daughters of Charity unveiled a major revision of their international website.
DC first meeting of the Asian Sister Servants (Superiors)
The  first Asian Sister Servants’ Encounter was held at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Retreat House in Chachengsao, Thailand, reports the international website of the Daughters of Charity. The venue, owned by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, has a chapel which...
Game tastes problems faced trying to live on $1.25 a day
Do you know what it’s like to live on $1.25 a day? One non-profit, Live58, wants to bring the experience to life for Internet users around the world. It launched Survive125, a choose-your-own-adventure style simulation of life in extreme poverty. You may not actually...
SVDP Young Vincentians – Facebook and webpage
SVDP Young Vincentians have their own Facebook page. If you can not access their  Facebook page visit them at their website and download their Newsletters to learn more about them. CLick on the graphic to enlarge.
Sisters of Charity Nazareth celebrate 200 years with re-enactment.
SCN Bicentennial Event at St. Thomas Over 130 Sisters and Associates gathered at St. Thomas on Saturday, June 9, 2012 to celebrate the founding of the Congregation. The photo (click to enlarge) reprises picture taken 100 years ago. Sisters and Associates traveled by...
Vatican set to control new ‘catholic’ Internet domain
Pontifical Council for Social Communications -- "The Vatican is in line to control the new Internet address extension ".catholic" and decide who is allowed to use it. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit corporation that...
Miraculous Medal – Now pray with us, where you go…
With the release of the new Miraculous Medal iApp (for  Apple and android devices ONLY), now you can pray with us and we can pray with you where ever you go! “The thousands who are a part of Mary’s Miraculous Medal Family pray together for each other. We all...
A Daughter of Charity postulant’s reflection on current controversies
In her blog Drink Deeply My Daughter Amanda writes... "Due to recent events, I've seen my Facebook wall, Twitter and other blogs explode with comments/links supporting cloistered nuns, some underhandedly implying that they are the only ones getting young vocations...
DC International Web Team ready for June 15
The team of Sisters who work on the International website of the Company of the Daughters of Charity met for final preparations for their new website which will go live in two days (June 15). According to the current website the team is made up of Sisters from each of...