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Homer Simpson lauded in L’Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano said 'The Simpsons are among the few TV programs for children in which Christian faith, religion, and questions about God are recurrent themes.' Homer Simpson has been declared a true Catholic by the Vatican's official newspaper. It is not the...
SC Federation visit Ellis Island exhibit
“The most successful exhibit in the 18 years I’ve been here.” Ellis Island curator of the LCWR exhibit Women & Spirit, Catholic Sisters in America. The Federation Connections Committee arranged for the Sisters of Charity of New York, Sisters of Charity of Saint...
Beware – “Package delivery failure” virus
According to Snopes.com this virus threat is real. So during the holiday season beware of any email saying..."Package delivery failure" or something similar.
Zafen to receive 1 million through Western Union-Mercy Corps alliance
In a banner week for Zafen a Western Union Foundation grant , through its corporate signature program Our World, Our Family(R), will be designated to support one-to-one matching of consumer donations to Mercy Corps, through Zafen.org, for a total fund-raising goal of...
Anti-Poverty Week Australia – Sunday October 17
CANBERRA: The Anti-Poverty Week 2010 Web Site describes the aims of Anti-Poverty Week as being - To strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia; and to Encourage research, discussion and...
Daughters of Charity host “Vincentian Laboratory
The Daughters of Charity (Poland) organized a three day workshops on Vincentian charism and spirituality. The Vincentian Laboratory took place from Friday, October 15 to Sunday, October 17 in Provincial House at Tamka Street in Warsaw , the oldest location of...
Vincentian Mission Certificate graduates go to Paris
Graduates of the Vincentian Mission Certificate Program and members of the current cohort deepened their understanding of St. John’s Vincentian heritage during a special trip to Paris. There they literally followed in the footsteps of Vincent de Paul, Louise de...
International Blog Action Day – Water
4,641 Blogs, in 134 Countries, reaching 34,698,241 Readers – Blog Action Day focuses on water. There have been some recent posts on famvin about water but for those of you who want to dig deeper into the often shocking, disheartening, yet hopeful issues around water, we’ve outlined a list of ideas for things to write about below.
New sources for understanding Frederic Ozanam
Two major new sources are now available in English. An insightful biography long available on the Spanish cmglobal.org site has been translated into English. The latest issue of the Vincentian Heritage Journal has four fine articles devoted to Ozanam. Click Read...
Robert Maloney, CM named to replace Archbishop Tobin
The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life named Fr. Robert Maloney CM, former Superior General, as a member of the Visitation Team to the Religious houses in Ireland replacing Archbishop Joseph Tobin C.Ss.R. March 31, 2010...
