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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Daughters of Charity Advocating for Social Justice
The May 2010 Joint Newsletter of the Daughters of Charity Advocacy and Social Justice Committee USA is now available. It features piece on Immigration Reform, a Primer on Systemic Change, Promoting Systemic Change through Neighborhood Health Centers, in Education in...
Tell us how you are using technology to enable ministry
Judging from the fact that we continue to hear from people who shared last week's Virtual Vincentian Family Gathering we suggest that you share with others how you a using technology in your ministry by clicking on the "Comment" link just below t title of this post...
Zafen in the news (Huffington Post)
According to the Huffington Post "Zafen, a new interest-free microloan initiative enabling lenders and donors to finance small and medium-sized Haitian businesses, may be just the ticket. That's what four organizations that collaborated to launch www.zafen.org hope...
Vincent on ministry to form diocesan clergy – yesterday and today
The former Superior General Robert Maloney, CM offers his thoughts on Our ministry to help form the diocesan clergy— yesterday and today
How a Vincent icon came to be and the work of Mark Elder
This 20 minute video provides fascinating insight both into how icons are made and how Br. Mark Elder, CM creates his building-sized murals. See also the Vincent icon by Meltem Aktas.
Recyling 101 for students moving out
The annual cycle in Ann Arbor (or any place near a college) is completely predictable. In the fall, a horde of new students and faculty descend upon town to make their home here, and in the spring a horde of them head out of town to head to their next location in...
Rewinding the first meeting in cyberspace… and a fast forward
What did we learn from the first meeting of the Vincentian Family in cyberspace? It seems like quite a bit. Before we fast forward to the future lets look at the statistics. In its short life VirtualVins.net was viewed from 290 different cities in 27 countries with...
Zafen microloan program launch draws 130 Haitian professionals
More than 130 Haitian professionals and friends of Haiti gathered at St. John’s University April 24 for the New York City launch of www.zafen.org, the first secure Internet pathway designed to enable Haitians to transform their economy. See full press release....
Climate Change || Systemic Change
“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read...
Pope – Catholics must add soul to Internet communications
Benedict XVI is urging Catholics in equip themselves with faith as well as technology so as to add soul to Internet communications and networks. "More than with technical resources," the Pontiff continued, "although necessary, we want to qualify ourselves dwelling in...
