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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vincentian Family advocacy for the intellectually disabled
An Irish Times story reflects extensive outrage at government cutbacks in services for the intellectually disabled in Ireland provided by the Daughters of Charity. For more detail of how the St Vincent’s Parent Partnership Forum is raising consciousness visit ...
Daughters of Charity celebrate in the footsteps of Justin de Jacobis
Following in the footsteps of St. Justin de Jacobis (July 31), the Daughters of Charity in the Province of Eritrea try to be credible prophets of hope and witnesses of God’s love among the people who live in great suffering and challenges of life. They make every...
Video impressions GA2010 Week One
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ZAFEN Haiti Project attracting attention on KIVA
Zafen, the Vincentian Family Haiti Project, is attracting attention on KIVA, one of the best known micro-lending projects.
Daughters of Charity pioneered hospital integration in 1954
"Dallas Morning News readers were probably startled at the June 24, 1954, front-page story that appeared under the headline “Negro MD's to Practice in St. Paul's.” The story explained that the more than 300 white doctors at St. Paul's, a hospital established and...
Vincentian Family in St. Louis celebrate with 350th by serving
To celebrate the 350th the Vincentian Family in St. Louis will be recruiting family and friends to serve with them at one of some 15 sites. Thus they will be living out their belief that to be Vincentian is to radiate God’s love through concrete action with and for...
Charity Federation NGO liaisons gather in Greensburg
The Sisters of Charity Federation July 2010 Newsletter "NGO News" is available below. It features a report on the gathering of all the representatives, the status of Millennium Development Goals and many other valuable stories. Newsletter June 2010
Source for updates about the CM General Assembly 2010
For those inclined to follow developments in the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission it is possible to do so by scrolling to the bottom of this page to see the news feed from the CMGLOBAL site. Simply click on any link. For a "feel" of the events...
Daughter of Charity recognized as martyr
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced that the Pope authorized the congregation to promulgate the following decrees: ... MARTYRDOM Servant of God Marguerite Rutan, professed sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity of St....
The world as seen by the Congregation of the Mission
In preparation for the 41st General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission each of the approximately 50 Provinces of the Congregation engaged its members in dialogue and presented their perspectives on the Congregation in the last 6 years, the "signs of the...
