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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
App “I’m getting arrested”
According to the Huffinton Post "In the state that signed into law the country's most controversial and stringent immigration measure, SB-1070 in 2010, a new smartphone app is under way to help undocumented immigrants notify friends and family of their exact location,...
Vincentian Family collaboration at UN
Student managers from the Tobin College of Business undergraduate Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs (GLOBE) Program were invited to present at the Fiftieth Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) at the United Nations Headquarters in...
Is there a Vincentian M.O.?
Is there a Vincentian M.O. or MOBILE OPPORTUNITY? Our cell phones are tools as powerful as the printing press. Mobile technologies have truly changed how we view and interact with our world. They give us access to all kinds of social media. And  social media are...
Kony 2012 – Lessons for the Vincentian Family
The power of this story already equals 35 million viewing hours!  The 30 minute Kony 2012 video is now officially the fastest spreading viral video of all time, with over 70 million views and half a million comments in less than 5 days — and by the time you finish...
Sheila Gilbert- The Society and Systemic Change
Responding to the request of Pope John Paul II for Vincentians to address underlying causes and long term solutions (1986) and the subsequent thrust of all the various branches of the Vincentian Family, Society of St. Vincent de Paul National President, Sheila...
Stand up to payday lenders – SVDP Australia
Addressing a problem in many parts of the world St Vincent de Paul Society Chief Executive, Dr John Falzon said that genuine payday lending reform  was a good opportunity for the government to take the side of the true battlers instead of the  ‘vested interests’, a...
Using technology to deepen faith
Virtual retreat houses and monasteries - A video clip from Romereports.com  reports that he Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain put forth their own proposal for Lent. It's a virtual monastery that offers ideas on what to give up during this season. In this particular abbey...
Servicette – Publication of the Ladies of Charity USA
The Servicette is the quarterly publication of the Ladies of Charity of the United States of America. Some of the articles in the current issue... President’s Message The Future of the Ladies of Charity AIC Joins Cor Unum in Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI Reaching Out...
Congregration of the Mission – Vietnamese Vice-Province
"With the consent of the members of the Council General, according to article 107.3 of our Constitions, on 28th February 2012, according to article 107.3 of our Constitutions, I erect the present Region into the Vice Province of Vietam, which will have all the...
Sisters of Charity Nazareth – 200 years!
The Sisters of Charity mark 200 years of service - 1812-2012. The Journey Vol. I 2012, a publication of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth is available to read online right now. Click here to read the current issue along with past issues of the magazine. Inside this...