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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Spreading the charism among athletes
Winding through the cobble stone streets, passing by antiquated, yet well-kept, churches and Parisian buildings, the DePaul women’s basketball team walked in the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul, as they toured the home city of de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac with Rev. Edward Udovic, C.M. Click read more…
Small talk – bring people to Christ
BEACONS OF LIGHT 2010, spotlighting the work of the Vincent de Paul Society (Baton Rouge) , Program 5 will focus on the value "small talk" as a means to bringing people to Christ. SVDP member Harold Miller shares his insights. "Who brought you to Christ and how?" is a...
Vincent’s Paris was royal Paris
Over the course of the 50 years between 1610 and and 1650 Vincent saw many royal events unfold.Vincentian historian Ed Udovic ... Click Read more about Vincent's Paris and recent tours...Vincentian historian Ed Udovic provides us with the bookends in his regular post...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth speak on death penalty
Kentuckian Gregory Wilson, after 22 years on death row, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Sept. 16 at the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership issued the following letter to the...
Counting the days to September 27th
The Vincentian Family in the Philippines is counting the days by engaging in a nation-wide series of Saturday pilgrimages. For nine Saturdays masses will sponsored by the different branches of the Vincentian Family. The series was launched on July 31 and will end on...
Famvin news items PLUS…
In case you haven’t noticed… there is a new approach to how we present Vincentian Family news. Instead of just posting a news snippet that some in the family might find interesting we are now trying to provide more extensive background material related to most posts. So be sure to click the “Read More” button. Since it takes a bit of time to do this please let us know if it is worth the effort.
“Aeroplane Sister” (DC) makes a difference
Having moved to Melbourne from the Shaky Isles, one woman is helping to make a difference for the city's underprivileged. ROSEANNE Murphy is a Kiwi postie who became an ''aeroplane sister''. Working in the 1980s as a public servant with the New Zealand postal service,...
Celebrating Frederic Ozanam – A man ahead of his times
"I would like to circle the globe with a band of charity." We know Frederic but he is yet a man to be discovered. In the age of the internet his words have a prophetic ring perhaps even he could not have imagined. Please click "Read More" to discover his vision. The...
Daughter of Charity still serving after Katrina
Sr. Marilyn Moore, Daughter of Charity at Providence Hospital, used a mobile clinic to reach out to the Katrina Victims in Golf Coast’s Bayou La Batre. Remembering the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Mobile’s Press Register tells the story. Thanks to Sr. Denise for this story.
UNICEF’s New Approach Focuses on Poorest of the Poor
According to Slatest "Instead of building modern hospitals in cities, UNICEF is shifting strategy ahead of a review of its Millennium Development Goals and will start working on getting health care to children in the world's most remote regions." Please click our...
