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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Daughters of Charity – Advocating for Social Justice
The May 2011 Newsletter (pdf) of the Joint Newsletter of the Daughters of Charity Advocacy & Social Justice Committee USA provides an example of how one branch of the Vincentian Family is engaged in advocacy through education of its members. They treat a number...
International Meeting of the Ladies of Charity/AIC
Eight members of the Ladies of Charity in the United States gathered with 280 volunteers from all over the world in El Escorial, Madrid, March 30-April 3. The focus of the Assembly, “Education as a means to eradicating poverty,” inspired delegates to look beyond the...
“Les Miserables”, political debate and the SVDP
Here are two scenes that may not seem at all related: • In the musical “Les Miserables,” which returns to the Overture Center next week, the French revolutionaries try to topple the privileged rulers at the barricades in Paris. • On any given afternoon, you can find...
Vatican – bin Laden “gravely responsable” but no cause for rejoicing
(CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican says it does not rejoice in the death of Osama bin Laden. “Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibility of each and every one of us before God and before man, and hopes and commits...
Christian response to death of Bin Laden
America Magazine's James Martin offer these thoughts in a longer article../ As someone who worked at Ground Zero in the days and weeks following 9/11 I rejoiced to hear that Osama Bin Laden’s long reign of terror, which had dealt death, destruction and untold misery...
A home for 300 dollars?
FOrget about the house with the white picket fence! Can the world’s business leaders apply their creativity and financial acumen to help pull 2 billion people out of poverty? That’s the challenge put forth by a Dartmouth professor and a veteran marketer, who are...
Catholic bloggers convene in Rome
May 3, 2011. (Romereports.com) The Vatican met with a group of Catholic bloggers of all ages, that come very every corner of the world. The Pontifical council in charge of communications accepted requests to attend and chose 150 bloggers based on their nationality,...
New Seton resource
A Retreat with Elizabeth Seton: Meeting our Grace "In this seven-day retreat, Meeting Our Grace, your director is Elizabeth Seton, founder of the American Sisters of Charity and the first American-born saint. Elizabeth assumed many roles in her life -- wife, mother,...
New York Sisters of Charity elect new leaders
During their Assembly of Election held on April 30th and May 1st, the Sisters of Charity Of New York elected the following: Jane Iannucelli SC, President, Eileen Mc Grory SC, Assistant to the President. The following were elected as members of the Council, Kathleen...
Daughters of Charity at work in former Soviet Union countries
The international site of the Daughters of Charity has a very fine presentation of the work of the Daughters of Charity in former Soviet Union countries over the last 20 years. As usual it is presented in multiple languages. (The permalink on YouTube will allow...
