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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Second Chances for people and things
Thanks to a new systemic change project ex-offenders have a second chance in their lives as they receive training in running a business built around giving things a "second chance." The Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur, member of the Charity Federation, have...
Shriver Report – Financial insecurity of women and children
A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink examines the rates of financial insecurity among American women and the children who depend on them, investigate the impact of it on our nation’s institutions and economic future, and promote modern solutions to help women...
Pope Francis on state of the world
"It is now a long-established tradition that at the beginning of each new year the Pope meets the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See to offer his greetings and good wishes, and to share some reflections close to his heart as a pastor concerned for the joys...
Learning business through Vincentian Mission
Learning the Vincentian Mission through a business school class at Niagara University. During the fall 2013 semester, students enrolled in Dr. Anna McNab’s Operations and Information Management classes not only learned about the importance of information systems for...
What is poverty? How end it?
Before you answer pose this question to yourself. “What if you lost everything, how long would it take you to get something to eat, find a place to stay, and a get some work?" A Brazilian pastor, Claudio Oliver, offers up a definition of poverty that most likely will...
Universities – Educate workers for the common good
Among its many tasks, the Catholic university must work to form its students as political workers for the common good through the promotion of research, social outreach and teaching, said Cardinal Peter Turkson. The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and...
Know the date of your Baptism?
Do you know the date of your baptism? This was a question he asked as he began a new series of catecheses on the Sacraments in St. Peter’s Square, focusing today on the Sacrament of Baptism according to Zenit... “Baptism is the sacrament in which our faith is founded...
Brooklyn beginnings of Missionary Cenacle
The website of the Trinity Missionary Family offers a history which recounts their founding by Vincentian of the Eastern Province in the chapel of St. John's Parish, Brooklyn NY. "Our Founder, Fr. Thomas A. Judge, C.M. was a Vincentian priest whose apostolic zeal led...
Sisters of Charity (Seton Hill) – TV documentary
The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill were among the congregations featured in the TV broadcast of “Change of Habit” on January 9, 2014. The insightful documentary examines the influence of Catholic Sisters and the diminishing numbers women religious in Western...
Patron saint for business?
"(Newly minted Jesuit saint Peter ) Faber's vision of the positive role of business is remarkable. He wrote two centuries before Adam Smith lifted a pen, during an era when the Catholic church generally looked askance at business. Yet in a few short phrases, Faber...
