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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
“Streetwise” honors Vincent’s 400 years of service
StreetWise, among the largest "street papers" in the United States devoted four pages to examining the legacy of dePaul Univerversity's namesake. Street newspapers (or street papers) are newspapers or magazines sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly...
Your old bicycle recycled to power farms
Got some bicycles rusting in your basement? It could could have a second life as a water pump, grinder, or nut sheller. In fact, it could help these folks grind 3,000 pounds of corn a day in rural Guatemala. Using cast-off bikes from the United States and...
Neglected resource for the feast of Elizabeth Seton
An Annotated List of the Writings of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton should have been included among the resources suggested for celebrating her feast. As a step to the publication of the writings, an annotated list of the holdings in each repository will be published in...
Vincentian using Facebook in high plains of Bolivia
Fr. Adan Rooney, CM is managing to run his Vincentian Bolivian Altiplano Mission Facebook page from Mocomoco high in the Bolivian mountains. He has managed to rig a satellite connection so that he does not have to wait until gets back to a larger population center....
Know our Vincentian Family Tree?
VinFormation provides an interactive graphic based on the work of Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, DC which traces in exact detail the roots of the entire Vincentian Family worldwide. The Family Tree Project shows that ninety-nine founders designated Vincent de Paul as patron of...
Vinnies themselves hit by massive floods in Australia
The St Vincent de Paul Society is usually on the giving end of help in times of crisis. But at Bundaberg in Queensland, where floods are affecting a large area of the state, it was a Vinnies store that was the victim. The picture on the Australian CM site shows...
World Youth Day Madrid 2011 builds momentum on social networks
According to RomeReports (Video) World Youth Day 2011 has built a strong following in social networks such as facebook, where they have over 200,000 fans.
Seton Awards from Cincinnati Srs. of Charity
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati awarded the congregation’s highest honor, the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award, to Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, MSgt. John J. DeJonckheere, USAF (Ret.) and David Scharfenberger. The awards were bestowed Sunday, Jan. 2 in the Immaculate...
Green Pope acts on environmental pollution
Few have noticed that Pope Benedict's creation of a new in-house financial watchdog also includes criminalization of environmental pollution. In article 18, the new law establishes a penalty of up to six months imprisonment and a fine of $3,500 to $35,000 for anyone...
Daughter of Charity awarded Legion of Honor medal
The French Republic has granted the medal of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour to Sister Maria Louise DUVIGNAU (Sister Teresita) for her work with the natives in Zamora and at the "Mission Flores", province of Chimborazo in Ecuador. The presentation by his Excellency...
